History - Steamboat Lake and Pearl Lake are both reservoirs that are fed by multiple streams. Prior to the purchase of these areas by the state of Colorado in 1964, these lands were used for live

Steamboat Lake State Park\'s agency chart is basically organized by seperate departments with Ken being at the top. Ken oversees everything at the park thus including all facilities and employees. The chart then breaks down into the seperate departments of rangers, tourism and maintenance. All heads of the departments are equal in status with all reporting to Ken, except Heath. Heath must report to Mike and Ken. Maintenance does not technically have a department head, with Matt and Vern being class IV techs. Seasonals are directed by the head of their department.

Geogrphical Implications - Steamboat Lake is located 28 miles north of Steamboat Springs, off highway 129. Thus putting the park, in the Rocky mountains of north central Colorado. The lake lies between several towering peaks, Hahn\'s Peak, Sand Mountain, and Farwell Mountain, giving it tremendous scenerary. The parks locale offers great location for those who want hike or ride off-road vehicles on neighboring Forest Service lands. Steamboat being an out of the way destination means most people come to camp for a few nights. Steamboat is typically not the park where people stop in, and keep on driving.

Steamboat Lake State Park is the eighth busiest park in Colorado it is a very large source of revenue for the state parks system. As important as it is to Colorado State Parks it is even more important to the surrounding community. The visitation that this park receives is the keystone to maintaining the surrounding areas economy.

Major Policies - Personnel policies for SLSP are pretty standard for any government agency. Shifts consist of eight hours with a half hour lunch and two fifteen minute breaks throughout the course of the day. Uniforms for the maintenance staff were provided as far as two SLSP tee shirts were provided along with a SLSP cap. Blue jeans or khakis, that are not excessively dirty or full of holes, are used as leg wear. Shorts are not allowed as for safety reasons. The use of alcohol while on the job is not permitted, as is the use of tobacco while in a state vehicle or in a state building.

Staff Profile - There are 22 employees of SLSP for the summer of 2002. There are six full time employees and sixteen seasonals. Ken Brink Jr. is the Park Manager. This entails on-site supervision, park representation with the region and Denver offices as well as the management of the park budget. Ken usually

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