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Hiking along the Kālepa Ridge line on the coast of Nā Pali! An all time favorite of mine with stunning views of the Kalalau Valley.

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Hi Everyone! My name is Alaysia Navor and I'm from the island of Kaua'i in Hawai'i. I am thrilled to be joining you all at WRST this summer! I will be in Kennecott as a Visitors Services and Interpretation intern with the SCA.

Something surprising about me...Last summer I went skydiving over the Pacific with a friend on a whim. Needless to say, I'm always down for a spontaneous adventure :-) This year, I'd love to go backpacking and travel abroad but I'd also like to spend more time with friends and my puppy, Nova! Though it changes often, my favorite song right now is Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh.

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Hey! I'm Adam and I am an interpretive intern stationed in the Wrangell visitor center for the summer.

Something interesting about my that you wouldn't know just by looking is that I worked at a Boundary Waters outfitters when I was 19.

One bucket-list item I hope to accomplish is to drive the Alaskan Highway and I'll get to do that very soon!

One of my favorite songs at the moment is Honey by the band Drugdealer.

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Hi I'm Dianne. I'll be the lead at Kennecott this summer. I've lived in McCarthy practically forever, (this will be my 28th summer). Well, one thing you wouldn't know about me just by looking at me now that I'm old and fat is that I used to be one hell of a wilderness woman, a backpacker going out for weeks at a time and taking 20 mile day hikes....Bucket list - Umm, survival? Cataract surgery?  Getting the siding on my house by next fall? That might be a bucket list item. Feels like the impossible dream at this point in time. Researching camper vans for my next vehicle when my little Toyota truck eventually breaks down - definitely a bucket list item but I'm not putting a deadline on it, I hope the truck keeps on rolling. I'm trying to make every day bucket list worthy right now - reveling in the redwoods and the Oregon Coast this past week, looking forward to the Olympics tomorrow as I make my way North. Favorite song - I like Colors by Black Pumas, kind of a new one for me, but I haven't been listening to much new music lately. If this bio gives you the impression I'm kind of scattered, well, that's right I am right now.

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Kennecott, interpretive Volunteer
I've worked at WRST off and on since 1989 but never worked in Kennecott.
I hope to hike rim-to-rim in the Grand Canyon and go birding in Panama this fall.
I love music but can't think of a favorite song right now.

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Hello! My name is Kearstyn and I’ll be a park guide stationed in Slana for the summer.

1. Something you wouldn’t know about me is that I studied politics in college and interned at the White House!

2. In the next year, I’d love to do some backcountry skiing and ice climbing!

3. Subaru Crosstrek XV, Hobo Johnson

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Willow Loop Rd, Copper Center, AK 99573, USA

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Willow Loop Rd, Copper Center, AK 99573, USA

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Willow Loop Rd, Copper Center, AK 99573, USA

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Ughkeu Dzaen! (pronounced "willy jen", Ahtna for Good Day!)
My name is Diane Ellsworth and I have lived in this area for the past 30 years, many of them as a seasonal interpretive ranger. This year I am an Education Technician, working with Ed Specialist, Russ Scribner on a plethora education activities, from teaching skiing to local youth to training YCCs and developing distance learning zoom classrooms for sharing our marvelous park with people far away from here. I love the world, especially this area where nature is supreme. My goal is to foster similar feelings in the youth I reach.

An unusual fact about me is that I gave birth to my youngest child in this park (at an inholding property my family owns) and buried my ex-husband (but still best friend) there as well, 20 years later. Not 11,000 years  like the Ahtna, however, I would call this home.

Favorite song today: Wolves by Down Like Silver. (But my preference is to be buried in a mushroom shroud when I go back to shared energy.) Not that I expect to leave any time soon, I just feel that death is a major part of life and should not be ignored.

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Hello everyone! Joseph Tumidalsky here, reporting from Glennallen. I am the North District Supervisor and work out of the Copper Center Visitor Center. I first came to the park in 2016, left for a couple years, and have been around since 2019.

You may not realize this by just looking at me, but I am very pale.

My bucket-list item for this next year is to have a float trip in Gates of the Arctic! Hoping to make that happen. This state has so many opportunities for exploration - it's amazing!

And lastly, my favorite song at the moment is "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. It has been hard to turn down the volume when driving to the office in the morning.

Excited to meet and work with you all!

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Hello there!  Carrie Wittmer here in Glennallen, AK.  I'm the Public Affairs Officer and Team Lead for the Division of Interpretation and Education for Wrangell-St. Elias.  I work out of the headquarters building in Copper Center.

Something interesting - I used to ride and pack mules into the Grand Canyon (very fun).

Bucket list item - try pack rafting!

I'm currently stuck on Rainbow kitten Surprise's (gotta love the band name!) Freefall.

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Finding (and leaving) cool feathers in Costa Rica. I think they belonged on the tail of a black guan.

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My name is Maya Heubner (she/her pronouns) and I grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. This will be my 6th season working/living in and around the park and my 4th season with the NPS here. I'll be a GS-5 Interpretive Ranger in Kennecott this summer (finally!). One of my special skills is finding things, from cool bones to arrowheads to lost diamond earrings. Getting dropped off by a bush plane for an adventure in the park has been on my bucket list for a while, and hopefully this summer everything will work out so I can do that. I guess at this very moment my favorite song is King of Anything by Sara Bareilles, but that changes a lot. I'm excited to see and meet everyone!

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Being ridiculous, as always, out on the O'Brian Creek river bed. 

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Hi everyone!
My name is Noelle Windesheim (she/her) and I am from Colorado Springs, Colorado.  This will be my 3rd season here at WRST and I am the Community Volunteer Ambassador working out of the Copper Center Visitor Center.
Something interesting that you wouldn't know just by looking....well last year my "fun fact" was that I hauled an embarrassing amount of Squishmallows (google it) up in my car and lets just say that hyper-fixation lived and died very quick. So if anyone is looking for squish to add to their collection, let me know!
A bucket list item I hope to accomplish this this year would to go to Denali National Park, drive to Deadhorse, or fly to Katmai National Park!
My favorite song right now would be Lose You Now by Lindsey Stirling & Mako.

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Hi I am Russ Scribner, the Education Specialist, hailing all the way from Glennallen. My office is in the Administration Building, ground level, northwest corner. (That's me on the right in the photo.)     On my wish list for years has been to explore a new mountainous section of the Wrangells and I continue to plan for it.   Maybe this year?  Song?  We are the Champions... my friends.

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Hello All,
My name is Hank Colletto. I live in the state of Maine when I am not working in Alaska. This will be my third season at WRST. I am a seasonal interpretive ranger at Copper Center.
My bucket list consists of many backpacking and day hiking trips. Some repeat adventures and a few new places to explore.

I look forward to meeting all of you.

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climbing in the Bridger Range in Montana

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Elvie Underwood - Photo & Brochure Intern - Copper Center & Kennecott 

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Elvie Underwood - Photo & Brochure Intern - Copper Center & Kennecott 

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Hello everyone! My name is Elvie and I am currently an SCA intern based in Copper Center but moving to Kennecott for the summer. I actually grew up in Kenny Lake, a tiny community on the edge of the park, but have spent the past 6 years roaming around the West Coast, Southwest and Central America.
Something surprising about me...Ciao! I can speak Italian, although I'm quite out of practice.
Something on my bucket list for this year.... I'm not much of a hunter, but I do love a good burger, so I'm hoping to get my first moose this fall!
Favorite song at the moment... Nannuflay by Tinariwen

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A photo I took on top of the highest elevation at my summer internship at Buffalo Kloof Private Game Reserve in South Africa.

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My name is Cassandra Kapp, and I will be the Women in Parks Visitor Services & Interpretation Intern at Kennecott this summer.
1. Something most people wouldn't know about me is that I wrote and self-published a 432 page book when I was 13 years old.
2. A "bucket-list" item I hope to accomplish in the next year would be to land a job somewhere in the northern U.S. that involves some type of work or area associated with large, North American predators.
3. My favorite song at this moment is "Somebody Wishes They Were You" by Adelitas Way

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Hi Everyone, I'm  Dani Beekman and I'm traveling from Massachusetts, but Minnesota is home for me :) I will be working as an Interpretive Ranger at Copper Center VC this upcoming season.

I have two pet bunnies, HopSkotch and Missy, who are making the trip out to Alaska with me. I'm glad they don't mind car rides as it's a long one! My bucket list for this upcoming year is pretty simple, but I want to get out and do some hiking and backpacking in Alaska! And my song on repeat right now is Both Sides Now by Emilia Jones.

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Silver Springs Loop Rd, Copper Center, AK 99573, USA

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Mike & Otter at the Copper River, April 2022.

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Silver Springs Loop Rd, Copper Center, AK 99573, USA

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Silver Springs Loop Rd, Copper Center, AK 99573, USA

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Welcome everyone! I'm Mike Townsend, Visual Information Specialist (Digital media - NPS website, social media, publications). I have been working at WRST for 6 years and this is my fourth national park in 23 years as a Park Ranger, including HALE, CANY and NAMA. My VIS office is located in the Marc trailer between HQ and the VC at Copper Center. Its been a decade since I lived on Maui, but one of my favorite sports is surfing! This summer, I hope to get to Bear Glacier in Seward and surf again soon! My song at the moment is Surfing with the Alien by Joe Satriani. Cheers, MikeyT and Otter too :)>

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Ranger Jamie at the Kennecott Exhibit Grand Opening Event in 2018.

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Hello! I'm Jamie Hart, the South District Interpreter. I'll be supervising folks in Chitina and Kennecott this summer, stationed in Kennecott.

What is something interesting that we wouldn't know about you just by looking? I've sailed to Cuba and back on my husband and I's 30 foot sailboat "Nootka."

What "bucket-list" item do you hope to accomplish in the next year? I'd like to use my pack raft to float a river that I haven't floated yet.

What is your favorite song at this very moment? Head and the Heart: All We Ever Knew

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Ranger Jamie at the Exhibit Grand Opening June 2018.JPG