From: technobarbarian@gmail.com   
      
   "Oregon state parks saw ?near-record crowds? in 2023. These were the   
   busiest spots   
      
   Updated: Mar. 05, 2024, 9:11 a.m.|Published: Mar. 05, 2024, 9:00 a.m.   
      
   "Oregon?s state parks are just as busy as ever.   
      
   That?s the conclusion from the latest batch of data from the Oregon   
   Parks and Recreation Department, which released its 2023 visitor counts   
   Tuesday, showing 52,231,692 daytime visitors and 2,909,175 overnight   
   campers statewide last year."   
      
   "The parks department said the sustained highs have meant ?an increasing   
   need for rangers and support staff at a time when hiring frontline staff   
   continues to be difficult.? Officials said they are currently hiring to   
   fill 250 seasonal rangers and ranger assistants, with the goal of   
   filling all those positions this year.   
      
   ?Oregon State Parks, like many employers, has struggled to recruit   
   seasonal staff since the pandemic,? parks spokesperson Stefanie Knowlton   
   said. ?At least a few parks go through the busy season with one to two   
   seasonal staff positions unfilled. We?re working to spread the word more   
   broadly to help fill those gaps.?"   
      
   https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2024/03/oregon-state-parks-saw-near-   
   record-crowds-in-2023-these-were-the-busiest-spots.html   
      
       This all reminds me of when one of óur local idiots was predicting a   
   severe decline in the demand for RVs. We ain't seein' none of that here.   
      
   TB   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)