Ranger Stories – Page 2 – The Ranger Desk

How A National Park Helped One Man Heal

A national park helped a man find solace from his grief, and I was lucky to be his guide. What I learned from him changed how I view parks.

Why we need national park rangers: how losing one of our most popular American icons would diminish our dreams and harm our national parks.

To build a wall in parks–that was the threat the first time Donald Trump was president. Now he is threatening the parks themselves.

When nature calls: National parks are being overwhelmed with human waste. Here are the reasons why and how not to be a part of the problem.

Being a park ranger is not as dangerous as people think, but it can be. My most dangerous ranger job was climbing the side of a cruise ship.

Learn what an interpretive theme is and what it isn’t. A theme is not a topic. A theme is the glue that binds the topics together.

Take time for your mental health. When we wake up and are not okay, we should all have the right to take a Karen Day.

Ever wonder how to stay safe in bear country? Here are seven safety tips and several bear stories from a former national park ranger.

An interpretive park ranger conveys a park’s story. Every park has a story, a reason that it was protected and staffed with park rangers.

Butterflies, children, and guns. How a terrified child’s question about butterflies changed the way I thought about migration and borders.