"In Our View: Park volunteers show the right way"

In the flurry of busy-ness this past week as we've reopened after the Government Shutdown, I almost missed this wonderful editorial in the local Dispatch newspaper in Eatonville, Washington. Good work setting an awesome example, National Public Lands Day volunteers!

An excerpt:

"It’s ironic that just three days before partisan politics pushed the federal government into a shutdown that forced the closure of Mount Rainier National Park and associated economic impacts affecting the lives of furloughed workers and businesses with fewer potential customers, the place was imbued with a selflessness that our leaders in Washington, D.C. could learn from."

We're Open!

Thank you, everyone, for your patience and support while we were shut down. Note that it'll take a day or two to be fully back up and running again... volunteers, please continue to be patient with your supervisors as they get back to their offices and restart their programs. We look forward to working with you again just as soon as we can! Meanwhile, it's gorgeous up here today (we're well above the fog line). And did I mention that we're open?!

Shut down

 Because of the federal government shutdown this National Park Service blog page is inactive. We’ll start the conversation again when we get back.