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People of the Parks

Stories about individual parks staff, interns, artists in residence, visitors, friends groups

Two people use a hand saw to cut a fallen timber.
2023 Volunteer Awards
Alicia working in a state park
A conversation with Maintenance Mechanic Alicia Burki
A woman stands on a platform in a forest, checking equipment.
A conversation with Parks Natural Resources Manager, Andrea Thorpe, PhD
Woman stands in front of a truck with evergreen trees in the background
A conversation with South Sound Area Manager Olyvia Buday
A view from a hill of a military fort, a beach and green trees
A fresh look inside Fort Worden's Commanding Officer’s Quarters Museum
A snowy trail with a sign post marking the way forward
A full-circle trip to Puffer Butte
Gabija and Shahina EarthCorps
A park aide job paved the way to a brilliant career
A group of people sit for a photo in front of trees.
A round of cheers for our 2024 volunteers
A group of people stand next to a river.
An encore and a new career: one park aide's journey
A young man cuts a tree in the forest
Animal encounters, hunting huckleberries and hanging with visitors – all in a day's work for a park aide
A group of men, some in orange vests, stand in front of a bucket truck.
Arbor Crew goes out on a limb for trees 
A crumpled door of an old Weyerhauser work truck that was mangled in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Be a park S.T.E.W.A.R.D.
A man and a woman stand on either side of a beaver mascot. there is a white building in the background.
Beyond her wildest dreams: a former park aide's career path
Three people
EarthCorps' international crew restores trail at Larrabee
Ariel View of McMicken State Park
Exploring McMicken Island with a State Parks ranger
Girl Scouts circled up taking notes while they learn from our interpretive rangers
Girl Scouts Love Mount Spokane

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