Moments, Issue II

Edited by Tracey Izatt, DNR Communications

A small collection of photos highlighting moments from across the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Pictured: Islands of Long Marsh on the Kitsap Peninsula in Belfair. A beaver lodge, to the bottom right, shows beaver swimming paths. Summer 2025. 
Pictured: Islands of Long Marsh on the Kitsap Peninsula in Belfair. A beaver lodge, to the bottom right, shows beaver swimming paths. Summer 2025. 

“I took this photograph over Tahuya State Forest using an unmanned aircraft system. The purpose of the photo is to document both a beaver lodge and a beaver dam (not pictured).”  

Austin Haworth, South Puget Sound Region UAS Pilot  

Pictured: Bear Gulch Fire plume as seen from Lake Cushman, as DNR boat operations return to the docks for the day. August 2025. 
Pictured: Bear Gulch Fire plume as seen from Lake Cushman, as DNR boat operations return to the docks for the day. August 2025. 

“This photo illustrates the sense that I had, that I was entering the ‘belly of the beast’ whenever we would approach the fire line to deliver firefighters and supplies.” 

Neville Magone, EGC Monitoring Lead

Pictured: Natural Areas Staff, Ethan Coggins, Abigail Luiten, and Jamie Foster, monitoring hotrock penstemon, a state-endangered plant species, at Columbia Hills Natural Area Preserve. Summer 2025. 
Pictured: Natural Areas Staff, Ethan Coggins, Abigail Luiten, and Jamie Foster, monitoring hotrock penstemon, a state-endangered plant species, at Columbia Hills Natural Area Preserve. Summer 2025. 

“I love that places like Columbia Hills NAP are my ‘office.’ Breathtaking views and incredible coworkers have a way of making a ten-hour field day monitoring rare plants just fly by.” 

Kimberly Quayle, Natural Areas Steward 

Pictured: Sunrise at Incident Command Post Naches, for the Wildcat Incident. September 5, 2025.  
Pictured: Sunrise at Incident Command Post Naches, for the Wildcat Incident. September 5, 2025.  

“Sunrise and sunsets tend to be the most photogenic times of the day. We tend to be up before sunrise and compete shift after sunset, so we get the opportunity to take photos at sunrise frequently.”
 
Ted Couillard, GIS Data Manager  

Pictured: DNR staff overlooking Thompson Lake, Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area. September 10, 2025.  
Pictured: DNR staff overlooking Thompson Lake, Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area. September 10, 2025.  

“I took this photo after a log out of the Thompson Trail.”  

Ben Mayberry, Snoqualmie Recreation Maintenance and Land Use Manager 

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