Lupe Wilson started work at the Sweet Home Ranger District as a receptionist in 1976.
She didn’t stay in that position long, but she never really stopped being a receptionist or perhaps the “unofficial district ranger,” the way Jean Burger has been dubbed “unofficial mayor of Cascadia.”
Over her 40-year career, nearly all of it in Sweet Home, residents of the Sweet Home community have constantly contacted her with questions related to the Forest Service.