Oregon Parks and Recreation Rangers  We love our Oregon Parks and Recreation Rangers! We don't have enough room here to list all the important jobs these ORPD Rangers perform on a daily basis! The most important tasks the Rangers perform are usually quite visible to visitors such as: tours, park maintenance, which includes nearly 2 miles of park trails, overseeing ambitious park improvement projects and of course, maintaining the historic dredge itself.
 In addition to these tasks, Park Rangers conduct tours through the dredge and the surrounding park. This summer, the Park is fortunate to have an extra hand. We would like you to meet Ranger Intern, Kevin Silagi. Kevin is from Gresham, and will be with us until September. In addition to his regular duties, Kevin has recently started the Sumpter Blog and is busy filling the blog with lots of interesting information, photos, and events down at the Dredge. We invite you to take a look! Even with an extra hand, things can get a little busy with all the visitors the Dredge receives each summer! Fortunately, the rangers are aided in their duties by State Park Volunteer Hosts who live on State grounds throughout the summer season and perform various tasks, such as, conducting daily tours of the Dredge, giving free Gold Panning lessons, which are very popular with our visitors, opening and closing the park each day and also performs general maintenance chores throughout the park. Our Park Hosts can often be seen anywhere in the park speaking with visitors. Currently, we are happy to have Mike and Kathy serving as Vounteer Hosts.
Visitors will find our Park Rangers helpful and full of interesting information regarding the Dredge. You can even take free Gold Panning lessons from the Rangers or our volunteers. If you have any questions, Ranger Miranda Krane can be reached year round in her Sumpter office. Guided tours are not required to see the Dredge...however, you can arrange a guided tour with a Park Ranger by calling Miranda at: {541} 894-2486 or sending her an email.There are usually two sets of volunteer hosts each season. If you are interested in becoming a Park Host, call {541} 894-2486 for more information or you can send Ranger Miranda Krane an email: miranda.krane@state.or.us When you visit the Sumpter Valley Dredge, be sure to thank our Park Rangers and vounteers for their hard work in bringing the Dredge to life!  |