Springfield Armory

Ranger Scott Gausen grew up in the mountains of Northern California and Southern Oregon. During and after college he worked for nine summers as a firefighter with the US Forest Service. After graduation, Scott decided that it was time for a change and went back to school to earn a master’s degree in education from Southern Oregon University. He taught business and economics for two years at Ashland High School where he worked closely with the local Ashland Rotary. Scott missed knowing what the weather was like outside of his classroom and decided that the National Park Service was a good combination of education and the outdoors. He worked for two seasons as a park ranger at Oregon Caves National Monument before finding a seasonal position at Springfield Armory NHS in 2016. Scott packed his car and told his mom that his stuff would only be in her garage for six months. While he was there, a permanent position opened up and he was able to parley his experience and education into a permanent position as the Education Specialist at Springfield Armory National Historic Site. Several years later he purchased a house and, after several forceful hints, rented a U-Haul and moved his worldly possessions to the East Coast. He hasn’t looked back since.