OPRD Volunteer Abuse

Oregon Parks & Recreation Dept.

Independently verifiable. Never legally challenged. Not going away.

FOR ADVOCATES

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Open Letter
Robert Samuel White

My name is Robert Samuel White. I am a U.S. Forest Service volunteer caretaker on the Oregon Coast, and I am writing to you because what Oregon State Parks did to me — and what they did when I wouldn't stop talking about it — raises questions about First Amendment retaliation and the constitutional rights of volunteers that deserve public attention.

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I am not asking you to take on the case. I am writing because this situation belongs in your awareness — and I hope you will consider sharing it with your network.

I have reached out to press. I have reached out to legislators. I have spent an entire year trying to get accountability within the institution itself.

And my efforts have revealed this structural gap is so pervasive in our society that it is met with deafening silence far too often.

The archive: oprdvolunteerabuse.org

Contact
Robert Samuel White
Founder, Autonomy Realms
Owner, eNetwizard, Inc.
Former Oregon State Parks Volunteer
Current U.S. Forest Service Caretaker
Steward, oprdvolunteerabuse.org
rsw@rswfire.com
Ask the Governor

Governor Kotek, does a gay volunteer who documented retaliation and identity-based targeting by state employees deserve an independent investigation?

Yes or no?

Oregon's first openly LGBTQ+ governor has been silent through all of it.

Primary Recording
The Coercion Meeting
62 minutes at a public picnic table. Ryan Warren told me to chew glass and swallow it. He admitted I was never given the benefit of the doubt from day one. I recorded every word.
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The Containment Call
30 minutes and 56 seconds. Allison Watson weaponized personal disclosures to characterize me as paranoid and delusional. She ignored every declaration of inappropriate treatment.
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Primary Document
The Expulsion Letter
March 24, 2025. Dismissed by Ryan Warren, then two days later expelled by Allison Watson from all Oregon State Parks — in writing — for speaking publicly about abuse. That is First Amendment retaliation. On state agency letterhead. With a signature.
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Police Intimidation
March 24, 2026 — the one-year anniversary of my dismissal. A U.S. Forest Service Special Agent and two unidentified state officers arrived at a locked federal gate on restricted federal land where I live and work. Their stated purpose: concern about what I was posting online about Oregon State Parks — while simultaneously telling me I was not in trouble. I declined to speak without an attorney and recorded them leaving.
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