• The calm, inviting waters of the Spokane Arm. Photo Credit: NPS\LARO\John Salisbury

    Lake Roosevelt

    National Recreation Area Washington

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Our Staff & Offices

General Information

509-754-7800

Office of the Superintendent

  • Dan Foster, Superintendent 509-754-7812
  • Lorie Carstensen, Superintendent's Secretary 509-754-7809

Division of Administration

  • Janet Valen, Administrative Officer 509-754-7822
  • Marcia Warnecke, Computer Specialist 509-754-7824
  • Suzanne Halverson, Budget Technician/HR 509-633-3830 x20
  • Laurie Denison, Administrative Technician 509-633-3830 x30
  • Alberta Gonzales, Budget Technician 509-633-3860 x104
  • Wayne Owens, Contract Specialist 509-754-7817
  • Jessie Benton, Supply Technician 509-754-7807

Division of Natural and Cultural Resources

  • Ken Hyde, Chief of Integrated Resources 509-754-7814
  • Ray DePuydt, Archeologist 509-633-3860 x101
  • Jon Edwards, Environmental Protection Specialist 509-754-7811
  • Laura McCullough, Archeologist 509-633-3860 x166
  • William White, Archeologist 509-738-6266 x167
  • Jim Retzer, Archeologist 509-633-3860 x105
  • Keith Holliday, Upper Columbia Environmental Specialist 509-631-0306 (cell)

Division of Maintenance

  • Jim Brown, Facilities Manager, 509-754-7808
  • Nate Krohn, Landscape Architect 509-754-7815
  • Ron Sacchi, South District Supervisor 509-754-7821
  • Steven Sanders, Maintenance Worker 509-633-3860 x113
  • Brian McCanna, Maintenance Mechanic 509-738-6366 x132
  • Joyce Norman, Maintenance Worker 509-633-3830 x10
  • Gina Arnold, Laborer 509-754-7806
  • Justin Peasley, Maintenance Work Leader 509-754-7818
  • Dan Chaney, Equipment Operator 509-754-7810
  • Arnold Porter, Maintenance Mechanic 509-754-7820
  • John Green, Maintenance 509-633-9188 x 19
  • Rick Hilton, Maintenance Work Leader 509-633-3860 x106
  • Tim Kennedy, Maintenance Work Leader 509-633-3830 x22
  • Pam Wagner, Maintenance Worker 509-633-3830
  • Bill Webber, Carpenter 509-754-7825

Division of Interpretation & Visitor Services

  • Denise Bausch, Resource Education Program Manager 509-633-3830 x43
  • Janice Elvidge, Education Program Specialist 509-754-7848
  • Tom Parry, Interpretive Ranger 509-738-3125

Division of Resource & Visitor Protection

  • Marty Huseman, Chief Ranger 509-754-7813
  • Beth Lariviere, ND District Ranger 509-633-3860 x110
  • John Mitchell, North District Park Ranger 509-633-3860 x112
  • Josh Wentz, North District Park Ranger 509-633-3860 x111
  • Bill Archard, SD District Ranger 509-633-3830 x 31
  • Steven Kirk, South District Park Ranger 509-633-3830 x32
  • Jacob Greene, South District Park Ranger 509-633-3830 x33
  • Craig Ruscitto, South District Park Ranger 509-754-7846
  • Dan Fagen-Gritis, Law Enforcement Specialist 509-754-7847
  • Jaime Smith, Encroachment Officer 509-633-3860 x115
  • Maria Jay, Fee Coordinator 509-633-3830 x37

Commercial Services

  • Commercial Services Specialist 509-633-9441
 

Did You Know?

The mock orange grows prolifically at Fort Spokane and has a fragrant blossom similar to the orange blossom.

Fort Spokane (1880 - 1898) was established in part to protect the rights of local Native American tribes from newly arrived settlers who wanted to settle, poach, or illegally mine on the Spokane and Colville Reservations.