We are proud to announce that Rocky Mountain National Park's Bighorn Brigade volunteer group has won the George and Helen Hartzog Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service - Park Volunteer Program Award for the entire National Park Service!
This award is named after George B. Hartzog Jr., former director of the NPS and founder of the Volunteers In Parks (VIP) program. The award recognize exemplary contributions that NPS volunteers make to their park and to their community. Nearly 300,000 volunteers contribute more than 6.5 million hours of volunteer service annually in all national parks, for a value of more than $185 million. Rocky's volunteer program is one of the largest and robust in the country.
The Bighorn Brigade’s main volunteer duty is to aid bighorn sheep in crossing a major highway in the park and to engage with thousands of visitors sharing important park information. Bighorn sheep travel down from higher elevations to reach important natural nutrient-rich minerals at Sheep Lakes.
Jeff
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