Two new opportunities

Two new volunteer opportunities are available this week:

Father/Son/Daughter Project

Join us on Saturday, June 14th in honor of Father's Day weekend! We'll have a variety of Longmire-based projects to choose from, including winter debris clean-up, campground restoration and exotic plant control. This is great chance to spend quality time assisting Mount Rainier alongside your kids or Dad. Please wear sturdy shoes and long pants. Bring a lunch, layers, rain gear and work gloves if you have them. We'll provide the tools, instruction and, of course, fun. Register online if you'd like to participate!

Bookstore Clerk

(Not exactly a volunteer opportunity, but NWIA is a major partner of the park:)

If you would like to work at Mount Rainier National Park this summer, the Northwest Interpretive Association is looking for someone to work in the Sunrise Visitor Center selling items and providing information to visitors. Housing would be at White River. Anyone interested in learning more can contact Sherry Paul at 360-569-2211 ext. 3320 or email her at mailt:Sherry_Paul@nps.gov.

Our roads need a fix

From the blog of the Northwest Interpretive Association:

"....Olympic National Park faired no better. The popular Hurricane Ridge road is closed due to shoulder damage - from lessons learned from last year's storm and Mt Rainier, a road may appear drivable but the shoulder may be undercut. Also closed because of the storm are the Heart o' the Hills campground, the Sol Duc road, the Hoh road and the Quinault roads.

"Again, the call for volunteers goes out to the northwest. Such a great response was made last year to get Mt Rainier re-opened, that we hope this year will also see people pitching in for public lands."

67,000 hours later...

From the blog of the Northwest Interpretive Association:

The Mount Rainier Recovery Corps, led by the Student Conservation Association, has just wrapped up an incredible year of volunteerism on behalf of our beloved mountain...