Fishing festival On August 2nd, 2025; Whiskeytown National Recreation Area hosted their annual event "Fishing Festival". This was a great opportunity for anyone, especially kids, to learn how to fish while using the park's fishing gear. This was helpful for people who wished to learn how...

Fish and Feathers Intern, Jesus Garcia, Park Ranger, Scott Einberger and I went to explore Bully Choop. This is a lookout found at 6, 907 ft of elevation, and it is actively used by California Department of Forestry and Fire Control for monitoring the landscapes...

Everyday heroes Everyday Heroes was a school event at Whiskeytown Lake. 23 elementary students had the opportunity to learn about the heroes at our park such as law enforcement park rangers, interpretive park rangers, and wildland firefighters. The first picture depicts a mural by Rocio Macias...

As the days passed at Whiskeytown, my main focus has been to prepare pop-up programs for informing park visitors about recreational activities at the park. During office hours, I planned and prepared my pop-up program, which was on the theme of the diverse fish of...

First aid and CPR training Litzia performing CPR on an infant manikin. During my first week at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (WNRA), we attended the first aid and CPR training where we learned multiple first aid skills including bleeding control, check-call-care technique, and CPR for people who...