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Parks manager earns national honor for educational leadership

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Steve Wang, interpretive program manager for Washington State Parks, has received a national lifetime achievement award. The honor, from the National Association of State Parks Directors, recognizes Wang for his nearly 30 years of work.

The announcement was made last week by the State Parks Department.

Wang, 59, will receive a special President’s Award for extraordinary work furthering the educational and stewardship goals of Washington State Parks. Wang was nominated for work statewide, including unique interactive displays, fun and engaging live programs and facilities devoted to interpretation, the release said.

His favorite projects include displays at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center at Cape Disappointment State Park near Ilwaco, the Ginkgo Interpretive Center near Vantage, Sacajawea Interpretive Center in Tri-Cities, and his current work on the agency’s efforts to tell the story of the Ice Age floods that carved the landscape of much of Eastern and Central Washington. Recently he was on the team that installed displays at Beacon Rock, Sun Lakes, Ginkgo Petrified Forest, Palouse Falls, Steamboat Rock and Yakima Sportsman state parks, as well as at Dry Falls Visitor Center, the release said.

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