Every visitor first becomes aware of your site through outreach: your website, social media, word-of-mouth, or conversations at a local community event. Outreach services are the entry point on the Staircase to Stewardship - where we first engage the next generation as they begin their path to stewardship.

Visitors come to your site looking for something. Initially they’re looking for the park entrance, how to check in, and eventually for their trailhead, campsite, or picnic area. Orientation services help them find what they’re looking for. Signage, trail maps, and warm smiles all welcome visitors and help them feel that they belong.

Visitors come to your site in search of an experience. It might be a relaxing fishing trip, a backpacking weekend, or a walk through history. We play an active role in facilitating these experiences through the recreation opportunities we provide.

We don’t settle for smiles and good memories. Interpretation helps visitors see how our parks and resources are connected to important values in their lives. It’s how we reveal the deeper significance of a site and plant the seeds of stewardship.

Stewardship is the pinnacle of the visitor experience. We want visitors to fall so deeply in love with our sites that they can’t help but share their time and resources - joining us in protecting parks. Every park site depends on this cycle of moving our constituents towards stewardship.