Give her the starry summer nights in the full campgrounds, the blustery, snowy winter weekends when the furry visitors outnumber the human ones.

Give her the shift work, a Dumpster to dive in, a shovel to dig, trash to haul, trees to cut down.

Give all of it to her, over the course of a 24-year state parks career. While there’s been plenty of paper to push behind a desk, Ridgway State Park Manager Kirstin Copeland strongly believes the best way she can help people have a great time and keep them...