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

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 will come in to the shop after the work day and talk to us about the days events before we leave. Ken has never really said anything negative about the agency. He has occasionally complained about some of the policies like the open range for example, but other than that he usually is always very positive. There are a total of eight rangers, four of which are armed. Mike Taylor is the senior ranger and he supervises park patrol and the law enforcement program. Mike has worked for the park for 20 years now and says it has been a great 20 years, but he is ready for a change. The other full time ranger is Heath and his title is revenue ranger. He collects money at the campground entrances and at the camper services building (CSB). I beleive Heath really enjoys working at the park. The downside is he has to work night patrol sometimes. Rangers generally enforce park policies as well as work with administration to keep track of availability of sites within the two parks. There are six individuals who work with visitor services, as well as one GoCo funded interpreter. Joyce Wetterberg is the Administrative assistant she more or less runs the non-bureaucratic portion of the park. She oversees the seasonal visitor services employees who are in charge of selling daily and seasonal passes as well as answering questions from the public. Finally there are six maintenance employees. Vern Mirante is in charge of the facility maintenance, which includes the water and wastewater systems, the operation and maintenance of two dams, as well as any other special projects throughout the course of the day. Vern is quite the character. On more than one occasion he has come to work unhappy about one thing or another. He is usually upset about some policy or disagreeing with something new that Ken wants to try. Matt Blecha is my direct supervisor and he is responsible for the maintenance of field projects. This includes the supervision of the seasonal employees, the natural resource protection program as well as the noxious weed management program. Matt is a very hard-working optimistic individual.

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