
While in Alaska, Holly Welch snapped this photo of the actual bus from Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
Public Information Coordinator Michelle Johnson snapped these photos, among others, while on vacation in Santee.



After her beloved 2014 Honda CR-V was totaled in a crash on I-26 in May, Public Information Coordinator Madeline Stewart carefully chose her next car, a 2025 Top Safety Pick: the Subaru Forester.
The safety features were great, and the model name was fitting, but her new ride wasn’t complete without a custom license plate, preferably one that could take on different meanings, including an inside joke.
The plate is a triple entendre, nodding to the Forester vehicle make, to her work in forestry and also to the agency’s “Forest Life” lifestyle brand.

