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WTA’s Andrea Imler awarded the Jim Ellis Spirit Award for her work developing the Recreate Responsibly Coalition

"In my entire career, I haven’t seen anything like this — so many disparate interests coming together around a common need so quickly and acting in unison to be so effective." — Superintendent of Mount Rainier Chip Jenkins WTA’s Andrea Imler awarded the Jim Ellis Spirit Award for her work developing the Recreate Responsibly Coalition

by Hiking Mom