Parker DePond
Wilderness Ranger Fellow
Payette National Forest | Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
Payette National Forest | Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
Iowa State University
Major: Animal Ecology
Parker grew up among the corn mazes in Iowa and is currently studying Animal Ecology at Iowa State University. He grew a deep affection for the mountains when he went on an SBFC IDAWA trip into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in high school. Parker has spent time hiking 140 miles of the PCT, exploring the mountains in Colorado, and adventuring in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of Minnesota and southern Canada. This is where he learned what wilderness was, what true camping was, and what family was all about. He is excited and humbled to spend this season with SBFC.