Richard (Rick) Lemmers

Employed at...
Centerville Mills YMCA Summer Camp Youth Counselor in 1973.
Triangle X Ranch at Moose, WY, 1975. Worked as a Ranch Hand into September.
Camp Carl Summer Youth Camp near West Branch State Park summer 1976.
American Red Cross Disaster Relief Volunteer in wake of June 1977 floods in Indiana/Johnstown area of Pennsylvania.
Burrow's Book Store clerk winters of 1978-79.
Rocky Mountain Lodge, Jackson Hole WY, winters of 1980-81. Volunteer work at a homeless shelter/rescue mission in Jackson, WY.
Ranger at Grand Teton NP, WY, summer 1978 and 1980.
NPS Maintenance, Yellowstone NP, WY, summer 1979.
NFS Range Crew, Wind River Range, Bridger National Forest, WY, summer-fall 1981.
Sojouner Inn at Teton Village Ski Resort winters of 1982-85.
Ranger at Fort Laramie NHS, WY, summers 1982-1985.
Ranger at Jefferson National Expansion Mem. NHS, MO, 1985-1988.
Ranger at Eisenhower NHS, Gettysburg, PA, 1988 to Present.
From July 1971 through May 1982 was involved in the sport of mountain climbing and made over 20 climbs in the Teton Range as well as climbed Devil's Tower and the Royal Arches Route in Yosemite.
From 1987 to 1998 was involved in Civil War living history.
At my present job one of my duties is interviewing World War II veterans.
My hobbies include hiking and wildlife photography.

Attended Cuyahoga Community College and then Kent State University. Graduated December 1977. Also attended Teton Science School in Kelly, WY, where I studied alpine ecology under the late Dr. Jack Major of the U. of CA. at Davis. In 1984 attended the Cuyahoga Valley Ranger Academy and received a seasonal ranger law enforcement commission. During winter of 1991 attended the Albright Training Center for National Park Service Rangers at Grand Canyon, AZ.
A number of friends in Explore Scout Post 62 thought I might end up someday working as a park ranger since I really enjoyed our trips to places like Isle Royale, Antietam, and Gettysburg.