Recent Essays
America’s public lands have the popularity President Trump wishes he had. Here are five ways they are more popular than him and his policies.
National park rangers keep the records of our heritage. To lose their knowledge is to forget who we are and where we have been.
When we don’t understand history, we are destined to repeat it. This is a reality we are seeing play out right in front of our eyes.
The Trump Administration wants to steal public lands. They mistreat federal workers who protect those lands with one goal: to make them quit.
The Trump Administration is trying to censor history, but they are fighting against human nature. Science explains why.
America is divided. Let’s create a modern national service program that would unite us in a common goal--protecting our public lands.
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Stephanie McCullough
As a former US national park ranger with a master’s degree in environmental education and interpretation, Stephanie (she/her) created the Ranger Desk to share her passion for national parks and the natural world.