A big THANK YOU to Michaela Lawrence!

 

Michaela Lawrence worked 320 hours as a volunteer this summer. She is the 3rd Wooster College student in the program to use geochemical means to detect stagnant glacier ice for geohazard recognition. the lead professor plans on publishing the results this year.

 

Below is a poster she created school. Michaela looks to have a bright future ahead of her!

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This Thanksgiving, We are Thankful for YOU.

This Thanksgiving, we want to thank you. Yes, you, the Mount Rainier VIP. Without you, who knows what the park would even be like today. From maintaining the trails, to removing invasive species, to replanting our meadows, to educating visitors, to search and rescue operations, to assisting in the park collections, to answering countless questions in the Visitor's Centers, to collecting vital information from citizen science surveys, to seemingly infinite other responsibilities, the volunteers are really what makes Mount Rainier such a special place for nearly 2,000,000 visitors each and every year. We really cannot say it enough. Thank you, Mount Rainier volunteers!

 

 

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A Stellar Season for our Astro-Volunteers

This summer has been an amazing one, especially for those who are more nocturnal than others.  For many nights out of the year, the night sky was crystal clear and not a cloud could be found, which is why the Astro-Volunteers at Mount Rainier shattered the records of previous years.  This year, the group of five astronomers who donated not only their time, but their true passion for the night-time world, volunteered over 2,400 hours at both Paradise and Sunrise, and helped introduce the cosmos to over 20,600 visitors from around the world.  What better place to star gaze than right under the watchful eye of The Mountain?

 

 

A BIG thank you to all of our Astro-Volunteers for making this summer out of this world!