Staff Spotlight Series

Staff Spotlight Series

Enjoy this special series of videos featuring staff of Joshua Tree National Park. Some park employees are highly visible to the visiting public, while others work more behind the scenes. All have an important role to play in preserving park resources and providing a great experience for our visitors.

 

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  Interpretive Park Ranger

  In this first Staff Spotlight installment, our bilingual interpretive ranger, Nicole Dibble, shares her experience in engaging with Spanish speaking visitors, and speaks to the importance of inclusion and diversity in the National Parks. To Ranger Nicole, diversity is important because it brings more voices and ideas to the conversation. Through her work, she hopes to facilitate a passionate connection with the park’s resources, and encourage in visitors a sense of responsibility, ownership, and stewardship.

  Duration:

  1 minute, 55 seconds

 

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  Native Plant Nursery

  In this Staff Spotlight installment, our nursery’s biological technician, Jean Graham, explains the mission of the park’s native plant nursery, and some of the projects that are currently underway. The video also features Student Conservation Association interns and the volunteers who contribute to the work that is being done in the nursery.

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 1 second

 

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  Worth Protecting: Desert Springs Monitoring in Joshua Tree

  Join Logan and Marisa from the Mojave Desert Inventory and Monitoring Network for a day in the field monitoring desert springs. Learn why these springs are so critical to desert ecosystems and how scientists study these special places.

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 1 second

 

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  Hard at Work: 2015 Youth Conservation Corps

  Every summer, Joshua Tree National Park employs about 30 teenagers through the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). This video, made entirely by 2015 YCC participants, talks about the programs and shows off the YCCers' hard work.

  Duration:

  9 minutes, 38 seconds