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Apr 30 • 13 tweets • 4 min read

All good hikes must come to an end, and in this case, I’ve made it back to my car sweaty, exhilarated, and craving something greasy.

Today is my last day at @waDNR, and I can't help but look back with gratitude (and a little bewilderment tbh) These past three years, I’ve had the privilege to work with and learn from some of the most passionate and brilliant public servants in Washington state.

Here's a look back on some of my favorite things we made together:

Aug 21, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

Can't believe we have to say this, but: STOP FLYING DRONES NEAR WILDFIRES. DRONES GROUND OUR AIRCRAFT.

Our firefighting operations are more important than those 12 likes you'll get on Instagram. Interference with our aerial operations could cost our fire crews crucial time.

BOATERS, this also means stop trying to "race" aircraft scooping water from lakes. You'll lose (your pride and possibly your boat).

Jul 21, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read

In recognition for her efforts to highlight the geologic Eras that formed the planet and for shaping our world as much as the tectonic plates beneath us, we have selected @taylorswift13 as an Honorary Geologist for the state of Washington.

“Moving forward, this geologic partnership with Taylor is going to be forever, or it’s going to go down in flames,” said Commissioner @Hilary_FranzCPL.

Recipients of DNR’s Honorary Geologist title receive the opportunity to perform two nights at Seattle’s Lumen Field.

May 31, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read

It's the last day of Volcano Awareness Month, let's go out with a b- ... uh, let's go out calmly and unproblematically? Anyway, this is the only personality test that matters.

May 30, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

Hate has no place on public lands. None.

Over Memorial Day weekend, someone vandalized the signs at the Woodard Bay NRCA near Olympia with hateful speech and symbols.

When we learned about it, we responded immediately.

When we were made aware on Sunday, one of our police officers was dispatched to Woodard Bay and immediately painted over the vandalism.

Our natural area manager spent her Memorial Day holiday trying to remove the graffiti as best she could.

May 18, 2023 • 6 tweets • 5 min read

8:32 a.m. May 18, 1980: Mount St. Helens erupts and becomes the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in U.S. history.

This hiker witnessed the eruption from neighboring Mount Adams, a moment captured by photographer John V. Christiansen.

A timelapse of the Mount St. Helens eruption made from photographs stitched together that were taken over a span of about 40 seconds by Gary Rosenquist.

May 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

Normally, you're a little panicked on Mother's Day. Your sister, Kelly, always buys the perfect gift, while you scramble last-minute.

Not this year. This year is different.

"Nice birdbath, Kelly," you say. "I guess I'm just more focused on keeping Mom and her home safe-" A murmur ripples across the picnic table. You brandish a hand-drawn booklet: IOU Wildfire Readiness.

Mom takes it - warily - and starts to flip through.

"Another coupon booklet?" Kelly rolls her eyes. "You're 32-"

But she's cut off by Mom's voice, choked with emotion -

Mar 16, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

"That's beautiful, sweetheart" your voice shakes as your kid hands you yet another work of macaroni art.

Sweat pools on your brow. You haven't seen the surface of your fridge door in 4 years.

You try to wedge it between the handprint turkey and the pipe cleaner rainbow, but - Oops - you've accidentally knocked down the school art project that says "Mommy's favorite hobby is drinking wine."

Your precious angel bursts into tears and your mind flashes forward to the tell-all they'll write someday about your failed parenting -

Feb 23, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read

Is your bestie's new beau secretly an invasive emerald ash borer? Know the signs!

1. He's an ash man.

EAB exclusively infest ash trees. They were recently spotted in Oregon after 20 years of devastating ash populations on the East Coast and in the Midwest.

Feb 16, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read

The best part of waking up is A HISTORY LESSON IN YOUR CUP.

Today we'll be talking about two early Black settlers in Washington and
why a lake and a wetland now bear their names.

Let's meet Nathaniel Sargent and Rodney White.

Nathaniel Sargent was born into slavery in Kentucky in 1863. He moved to
Kitsap County in 1882 after graduating from the University of Illinois.

He was a logger, a rancher, a writer, and an artist. He also became the
first Black justice of the peace for Seabeck in 1897.

Feb 14, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read

Happy Valentine's to those who know their faults

Happy Valentine's to those who found love in all the wrong places

Jan 26, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read

Stop doom-scrolling and learn about how ghost forests and Native American oral histories tell the story of the last great Cascadia earthquake (323 years ago today!)

On Jan. 26, 1700, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake created a tsunami that ripped through the Pacific Northwest.

It created ghost forests (areas of standing dead trees) throughout Oregon and Washington - like the Copalis Ghost Forest, found along Washington's western coast.

Dec 28, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read

If you encounter a cougar on the trail, we strongly recommend the opposite of pspspsps.

Cougar encounters are very rare. These images were captured on private trail cams and offer a delightful glimpse at an elusive creature.

📹&📷: @BenBabusis

Nov 10, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

How many times do we have to tell you people: PACK OUT YOUR SHIP

We said seize the trails not seas the trails

Oct 28, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read

Treat your Halloween hike like you treat online dating: tell a friend where you’re going, sus it out online first, screech like a bat if it isn't going well. In the spirit of spooky szn, nothing is spookier than getting called out.

Oct 28, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

And we were just about to announce our new rocket tree program, SpruceX😔

I guess it's back to standing at the trailheads and yelling out rec tips in 280 characters or less.

Oct 26, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

Can't believe spirit halloween sells this

Days are getting shorter and snow is already accumulating in higher elevations.
If you're going to hit the trails in fall/winter, always carry the 10 Essentials with you!

Sep 28, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read

Nature can teach us a lot about navigating the workplace.

Reject new projects like a deciduous tree: “Conditions are unfavorable for me to accommodate additional photosynthesis, so I will be dormant for the winter.” Cut toxic coworkers out of your life like a prescribed fire: Strategically burn* away unwanted and dangerous fuel and debris in order to maintain a healthier environment.

*Please don't actually burn your coworkers or anyone else.

Sep 14, 2022 • 15 tweets • 0 min read

Jul 18, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read

She's a 9.2 but she's lying in wait in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Look, we get it. Tsunamis can be scary. But the more you know about them, the more you feel a bit more in control.

Time for the story of how 10-year-old Tilly Smith saved 100 people from a tsunami. (1/6)

Jan 19, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read

A new DNR study details tsunami impacts of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake - The Big One - to the Olympic Peninsula.

Experts estimate a 10-17% chance of a Cascadia mega-quake in the next 50 years.

From the start of the earthquake, the first tsunami waves would reach
- La Push in 10 min
- Moclips, Copalis Beach & Neah Bay in 20 min
- Clallam Bay in 30 min
- Port Angeles in 60 min

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