Stephanie McCullough, Author at The Ranger Desk

What We Lose If We Lose The USFS

The Trump Administration has announced plans to dismantle the US Forest Service. Here’s why that should matter to national park supporters.

Established in 1924 through the efforts of Aldo Leopold, Gila was the first public land in the world to be designated a wilderness area.

Those of us who support national parks say that we are protecting them, but I often think that they are doing just as much to protect us.

Times are hard for America’s national park rangers; they’ve been hard for years. So what made that job worthwhile for me, even in hard times?

Known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, Waimea Canyon is one of the most spectacular natural wonders of Hawaiʻi.

Varirata National Park in Papua New Guinea boasts a wide variety of spectacular and rare bird species, like the Raggiana bird-of-paradise.

“Does anyone want to hear what I have to say?” or “Can I really make an impact?” are the wrong questions. Here are the right ones.

Rights are not won and then forever granted. Every generation will have to fight for its rights anew. That work is a gift, not a burden.

Women’s Rights National Historical Park was created in 1980 to honor the first Women’s Rights Convention held in the United States.

The US Secretary of the Interior recently ordered more federal lands to be opened for hunting. Here’s why hunting would harm national parks.