Linda Harvey Our October speaker was Bret Muter, the Director of Philanthropy and Programming at Western National Parks (WNP). With the recent federal government shutdown, this was an important time to hear about the WNP and what this organization does as a partner to our national parks. Bret took the opportunity to explain his organization…
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October 2025, Clubs & Classes
SBR National Parks Club Update
Linda Harvey Colliding continents, volcanic eruptions of immense proportions, ocean, lakes, and dinosaurs are all part of the story of Saguaro National Park during the last 1.5 billion years. This was the opening to Larry Richter’s recent presentation to the SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) National Parks Club. With the addition of animated videos, Larry provided a…
Clubs & Classes, September 2025
National Parks Club Learns About Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Linda Harvey “ALOHA” was the greeting with which Patti West began her presentation. Patti and her husband, Doug visited the largest of the Hawaiian islands, known as the Big Island or simply Hawaii, this past spring. They generously shared their experiences with the club at the July meeting. As Patti explained, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park…
August 2025, Clubs & Classes
Washington State’s Three National Parks
Linda Harvey On June 10, Laura Haslett of the National Parks Club presented a community sharing program with photos of her Washington state National Parks trip from July 2021. Members enjoyed seeing beautiful photos and hearing an informative talk about the diversity of Olympic, North Cascades, and Mount Rainier National Parks. She started off from…
July 2025, Clubs & Classes
National Parks Club Learns about Search and Rescue
Linda Harvey At our May meeting, the SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) National Parks Club welcomed retired National Park Service (NPS) Ranger Butch Farabee to speak about his experiences in Search and Rescue (SAR) during his 34 years as a park ranger. Many of those years were spent at Yosemite National Park (NP) in California. Ranger Farabee…
Clubs & Classes, June 2025
SaddleBrooke Ranch National Parks Club Events
Nancy Eisenstein On April 23, members of the National Parks Club got together for burgers at the Bistro. They relaxed and listened to Andy Waddell singing hits from the ‘50s to the ‘90s. Coming up on June 10, Laura Haslett will give a presentation of trip photos from the Washington state national parks at 4…
May 2025, Clubs & Classes
National Parks Club Speakers
Linda Harvey The SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) National Parks Club continued with its speaker series in March with Interpretive Ranger Anne Vassar, NPS Ranger from Bryce Canyon National Park (NP). Ranger Anne explained there is no place on earth like Bryce Canyon NP for its number of hoodoos. She explained that the Bryce Canyon hoodoos are…
April 2025, Clubs & Classes
National Parks Club Speaker Series—Big Bend NP
Linda Harvey The club’s speaker series continued in February as we heard from Park Ranger Tom VandenBerg, Chief of Interpretation & Visitor Services at Big Bend National Park (NP). He explained Big Bend NP is located on the Chihuahuan Desert in West Texas in one of the most remote corners of the United States. The…
March 2025, Clubs & Classes
Coronado National Memorial, Hidden Gem of the Huachuca Mountains
Linda Harvey The National Parks Club Speaker Series continued with National Park Service Ranger (NPS) Callie Caplenor, who is the educational coordinator for three national park sites in southeast Arizona. Ranger Callie is a gifted storyteller who explained the history of the area with great clarity. Located in southeast Arizona, Coronado National Memorial (NMem) holds…
February 2025, Generals
National Parks Club Speaker Series
Linda Harvey Carlsbad Caverns National Park (NP) in New Mexico was the topic for the National Parks Club November 2024 meeting. We were fortunate to have National Park Service Ranger Wil Torpy via Zoom provide us with some special insight into this amazing park site. In 1995, Carlsbad Caverns NP was named a UNESCO World…