Restoring Hanging Lake

In the spring of 2023, Emily Kasyon hiked the Hanging Lake Trail in the White River National Forest for the first time. The water was so high she waded through it the entire way up.

“My very first site visit out to this site was during high runoff,” said Kasyon, project lead with the National Forest Foundation. “The very first time I ever hiked this trail, it was completely flooding. I was hiking in ankle-deep water the whole way up.”

That hike told her everything she needed to know about the job ahead.