On August 20, 2022 Ian Cox went on a solo trek through the North Cascades and didn’t return. WASSPU members were on site at North Cascades National Park, alongside the rangers and several other search teams, as the search proceeded for several days. As...
Thank you to a grant from the Tulalip Tribes Charitable Contributions Fund we are getting a Starlink Internet Device. This will be incredibly helpful to us as we frequently operate in areas without cell service. With Starlink we will be able to connect our laptops to...
In 2021, the Washington State SAR Planning Unit supported 18 missions located in 8 different Washington counties and in all three Washington national Parks. 83% of these missions were in wilderness areas, and several of the mission spanned a large number of days. Over...
Member Guy Mansfield and co-author Suzanne Elshult have a new book coming out! Search for the Dead: True Tales of a K9 Search and Rescue Team will be published in 2022. They also recently won 1st Place in a Pacific Northwest Writers Association contest....
We received our first ever grant from the Puget Sound Energy Foundation. This grant for $5,000 will assist us in purchasing Probability-Based Search Planning Software. This software will help up be more efficient in our search planning activities. The donation we...