I'm Shelton Johnson, and I'm a ranger for the National Park Service. When I think of volunteers, I think of faces lit up with excitement, folks working at visitor centers, working on trails, doing their utmost to take care of the place that they feel they are part-owners of. So volunteering is a great way to share a little bit of yourself with the park that you care about. So think about what you want to do in your National Park, and volunteer! For…
I'm Shelton Johnson, and I'm a ranger for the National Park Service. When I think of volunteers, I think of faces lit up with excitement, folks working at visitor centers, working on trails, doing their utmost to take care of the place that they feel they are part-owners of. So volunteering is a great way to share a little bit of yourself with the park that you care about. So think about what you want to do in your National Park, and volunteer! For…
Volunteers contribute 70,000 hours of service at Mount Rainier National Park every year! When floods in late 2006 wiped out roads, trails, bridges, and campgrounds in the park, more than 1700 volunteers responded, along with partners like the Student Conservation Association and Washington Trails Association. Today, volunteers work with the National Park Service in many ways to protect the park's natural and cultural resources and serve its visitors,…
Mount Rainier's Camping Adventures with My Parents (CAMP) program served almost a hundred family members in 2010, providing first-time camping experiences in a National Park. These video clips were captured by the participants themselves, using Flip Video Cameras.
On August 28, 2010, volunteers and National Park rangers gathered to celebrate this year's volunteer efforts at Mount Rainier National Park.
This video was produced and generously donated as a volunteer project by Three Moon Bay video, www.threemoonbay.com.
In 2009, several Seattle families came to Mount Rainier National Park for first-time camping experiences as part of a pilot outreach program called CAMP, "Camping Adventures with My Parents."
Every year, 2,000 volunteers contribute tens of thousands of hours of service at Mount Rainier National Park. See what's happening this year, and come join us! Follow us at RainierVolunteers.blogspot.com and on twitter @RainierVIPs.
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