Kirstin Copeland is retiring this week from a 24-year career at Ridgway State Park, first as a park ranger, then as the park manager for the last 16 years. She says she'll miss both the visitors who have taken care of the park and the employees and volunteers she's worked alongside. Erin McIntyre â Ouray County Plaindealer
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TIME TO STEP BACK FROM THE FRONT
Give her the starry summer nights in the full campgrounds, the blustery, snowy winter weekends when the furry visitors outnumber the human ones.
Give her the shift work, a Dumpster to dive in, a shovel to dig, trash to haul, trees to cut down.
Give all of it to her, over the course of a 24-year state parks career. While there’s been plenty of paper to push behind a desk, Ridgway State Park Manager Kirstin Copeland strongly believes the best way she can help people have a great time and keep them...
