Boeing and Boy Scouts

I just realized that this set of pictures somehow never got posted on the blog! It was supposed to have been posted last week, in honor of the hard-working volunteers from Boeing and the Boy Scouts of America who helped us out doing revegetation work at Paradise. Who knows where into the ether of the Internet it disappeared to? Anyway, here it is, and our appreciation for these efforts has not evaporated even if the web code has! Thanks to Eas and Kala Easwaran for the great pictures.

Calling all planters!

I received the following e-mail late last week from Sara Koenig, who's in charge of our revegetation efforts at Paradise:

Kevin:

I made a list today of fall planting sites and it was a big list!! If you have any VIPs or groups looking for projects on Tues, Weds and Thurs from now until Oct. 25, we can probably use them.

The work sites are mostly steep, rocky, road embankments.

Sound like fun? Give me a call at 360-569-2211 ext. 3385!

This is a great project for volunteers of all ages. Check out the photos of our Nisqually Middle School volunteers last week. Here, for your viewing pleasure, are some new photos, taken by Eas and Kala Easwaran, of Boy Scout and Boeing volunteers at work on September 18.

Nisqually Middle School rocks!

Students from Nisqually Middle School spent yesterday and today helping with a revegetation project around the new visitor center. These plants had been salvaged from near this spot three years ago in preparation for completion of the visitor center, and are finally coming home.

The weather was excellent, and the students were psyched to be working in it! I've rarely seen a more hard-working group of kids.

Can you believe this rock?! Josh must have spent 20 minutes working it out of the ground in preparation for planting! By the time he got it out, the whole crew was standing around cheering him on.

The adults helped too. :-) Besides helping in the field, they also led hikes and spent an evening making smores in the campground.

Great work, everybody, and we hope to see you out here again next year!

Volunteers needed to help move to new visitor center

Live webcam image of the new Paradise Visitor Center under construction

Moving day is almost here!

On October 10, Mount Rainier National Park's brand new visitor center at Paradise will open to the public. The old visitor center will close on the evening of September 28, but the move will actually begin a week earlier.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP WITH THE TRANSITION! Help us box up equipment and supplies and move it between the two buildings. Help us clean up, and build new furniture. Meanwhile, get a sneak peak at a magnificent new building!

If you can help, contact volunteer program manager Kevin Bacher (corrected), at 360-569-2211 ext. 3385, who can provide you with additional information and direct you to the project leaders.

Also needed: Meadow Rovers to help staff a temporary information desk in the "Old Station," and to patrol nearby trails to point visitors to where they can find assistance. This will be especially important on the weekend of October 4th if the weather is good!