Real-Life Communication
Park wardens have a long list of responsibilities. Each day may
bring a different task.
On this day, you have been charged with the
task of welcoming 100 visitors who will be camping in your park for the next
week.
The visitors come from all over the world and are interested
in getting as much as possible out of their time in your park.
During
your talk you'll want to include the following:
- Some park rules
- Some history of the park
- Some sense of the park's natural surroundings
- A list of resources for people who want to get more information
You'll also want to include some of your professional personality.
Be welcoming, be funny, whatever.
Park Rules
- No cars may enter after 11 p.m.
- No fires except in fire rings at campsites
- No loud radios
- No alcohol
- Fires must be extinguished before midnight
Park History
The High Pines Park was built in the
1930s by the government as a way of putting people left unemployed by the
Great Depression to work. The park covers 1,200 acres and includes four ponds,
two streams and a mountain with a peak height of 6,848 feet. There is a visitor's
center, 500 campsites and two boat-rental docks.
Natural Surroundings
The
park is built in an old-growth pine forest. The woods are home to white-tail
deer, black bears, coyotes, moose, red and silver fox, raccoons, squirrels,
chipmunks, bald eagles and red-tailed hawks, among others. In the park's lakes
and ponds, trout and bass are the main species.
Resources
The
park visitor's center is open 24 hours a day. It has a continuously running
movie about the park. Interpreters are happy to answer any questions you may
have. We also have a selection of brochures and books about the general area
to help you get the most out of your stay.