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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 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.
Three people
EarthCorps' international crew restores trail at Larrabee
Girl Scouts circled up taking notes while they learn from our interpretive rangers
Girl Scouts Love Mount Spokane
Children playing on the beach during low tide
Guest writer: The importance of empowering youth stewards
Corgi laying in a tent
I went on a solo camping trip and here’s how it went
Writing in handwritten memoir
Life of Bessie, born 1892

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