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My name is Sylvia . Gentle core . I'm a

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supervisory Park ranger at John Day Dam

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Willow Creek project

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before working here and getting my

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first permanent job , I worked for

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eight seasons as a seasonal park ranger .

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I worked for the National Park Service

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BLM Forest Service and fish and

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wildlife . And all along , I was

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looking for a permanent position . The

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Army Corps of Engineers wasn't on my

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radar to apply simply because it was

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called the Army Corps of Engineers .

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And it wasn't until I slowed down and I

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clicked on the position and I was

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definitely wrong about that . I saw

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that there were a lot of recreational

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opportunities and with a career in the

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Army Corps and in the federal

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government in general , you have that

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security net and they set you up for

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success . That's what the Army Corps

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gives me . Something I really like

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about the army Corps is the

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opportunities I have . Every year I go

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to at least two trainings . Our

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supervisors are always encouraging me

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to do better , to learn more . And I

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like that learning environment .

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My message is for potential Park

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rangers is that if you like being

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outside if you love working with people

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and helping people and you like to

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preserve the environment as a

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environmental steward , then you should

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be a park ranger . Think about it .