Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Anton and Joshua decided to paddle the entire length of the Columbia River, passing through Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. With the aid of their trusty rubber duck, Captain Gifford, they paddled their way where we met them at Crescent Bay to catch up with them and hear about their journey.

Across the US, changes in water availability are altering which plants grow where. These changes are evident at a broad scale. But not all areas experience the same climate in the same way, even within the boundaries of a single national park. A new dataset gives park managers a valuable tool for understanding why vegetation has changed and how it might change in the future under different climate-change scenarios.

Christina McDonald McKenzie Williams was a multi-ethnic and multi-lingual fur trader, interpreter, rancher, and businesswoman who gained skills growing up in what is now the Lake Roosevelt Recreation Area that served her for a lifetime. She was born on September 20, 1847 to Angus McDonald, a Scottish fur trapper, and Catherine Baptiste, a Nez Perce woman who was related to the chief Eagle-of-the-Light.

Join Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in celebrating our very important volunteer, VIP Bob Stoltz! Bob recently received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for completing over 2000 volunteer service hours. During his 19 years of service, Bob has also volunteered at Yellowstone National Park and Saguaro National Park. He plans to continue to volunteer at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area for his 20th year in 2025.

Fissure volcanoes erupt from elongated vents (fissures) rather than a central vent. The lava flows in Craters of the Moon National Monument were erupted from fissures.

Home invokes feelings of family, belonging, affection, comfort, and safety. It's where our identities are formed. Federal Indian boarding schools, like Fort Spokane, erased that for Indigenous children. They were removed from their families, had to change their names, clothes, hair, and language. Girls spent long hours doing laundry, sewing, cooking and other domestic work designed to mold them into self-reliant citizens who could also provide domestic labor in white homes.

Learn the rules of BARK, complete two activities, and take the BARK Ranger pledge!

Learn about how to hike safely and what to do if you get separated from your group. (You also get to name a tree!)