We met Joan and Mark Wierzba on the Hidden lake Trail in July 2014. They were wearing the volunteer's uniform and as we got talking we found that they had just dealt with a young man climbing on the side of Clements Mountain throwing snowballs at the Mountain Goats. They were the pilot project of what would become the trail patrol in which I participated this year. Joan and Mark introduced us to Glacier National Park Volunteer Associates, Glacier's only all volunteer park partner. If you've looked at our pictures over the summer you will remember the sign on the side of our truck which we proudly display.
We
actually wear two volunteer hats at Glacier. When we work at the
campground we are treated like park employees and have a personal
contract with the National Park Service even though we are
volunteers. At the same time we are members of the Glacier National
Park Volunteer Associates and are NPS volunteers through that
organization.
Glacier National Park Volunteer Associates provides 6,700 hours of volunteer service to the park each year. We are the workforce for the park. We help with trail maintenance, gardening and the native plant nursery. Restoring park building. We do back-country trail and river patrols as well as staffing the park Discovery Cabin - an educational program. We also fund the back-country ranger internship and a native nursery internship. Our current second in command at Glacier is a product of our back-country ranger internship many years ago.
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| Accepting award from Superintendent Jeff Mow |
I'm sure you can tell that we are very proud members of Glacier National Park Volunteer Associates. It is a small organization and I hope that you will take a look at our website. Perhaps you'd like to join us. Click here if you'd like to visit the GNPVA now.
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| Matekja Cabin Restoration |
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