Stephanie McCullough, Author at The Ranger Desk

What Motivated Me To Be A National Park Ranger

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.

The Trump Administration removed an exhibit about slavery from a national park site. The public outrage should inspire all of us to hope.

African Burial Ground National Monument is considered the largest colonial-era cemetery in America for enslaved and free Africans.

In the last year, America’s public lands have been under attack from the Trump Administration, but now finally some good news.