Download or read book Park Ranger written by Nancy Eileen Muleady-Mecham and published by Vishnu Temple Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author joined the National Park Service as a naturalist. In the remote parks she was assigned to, she discovered a ranger must be ready for everything. She gradually became qualified to handle Law Enforcement, Fire, Search and Rescue, medical emergencies and anything else Nature and visitors to the Parks throw at her. Her true stories could be the basis for Nevada Barr's fiction.
Download or read book If I Were a Park Ranger written by Catherine Stier and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine serving as a park ranger for our U.S. National Parks! If you were a national park ranger, you'd spend every day in one of the most treasured places in America. You'd wear a special uniform, a hat, and a badge—but sometimes you might also need snowshoes or a life jacket. Maybe you'd track the movements of wild animals. You could help scientists make discoveries. You might even be part of a search and rescue team! You'd have an amazing job protecting animals, the environment, and our country's natural and historical heritage, from the wilds of Denali to the Statue of Liberty.
Download or read book National Park Ranger written by Charles R. "Butch" Farabee, Jr. and published by Roberts Rinehart. This book was released on 2003-06-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this celebration of one of America's most enduring symbols, fromer ranger Butch Farabee brielfy revies the evolution of this national symbol.
Download or read book A Park Ranger s Life written by Bruce W. Bytnar and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a park ranger's life? A wild bear who favors Kentucky Fried Chicken A fugitive wanted in eight states A dog that saves his owner's life Wildland firefighters battling nature and fire A ghost haunting a colonial mansion Hikers who stay lost because they think searchers calling their names are wild animals Being willing to risk your life to make our parks safe and help preserve them for the future These are just a few experiences you will read about in A Park Ranger's Life. Drawn from the thirty-two-year career of National Park Ranger Bruce W. Bytnar, you will discover what it takes to be a park ranger, what threats to visitors and resources they deal with on a daily basis, and what you can do to help protect and preserve our national heritage.
Download or read book So You Want to Become A Park Ranger written by Richard Boyer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So You Want To Become a National Park Service Seasonal Interpretative Park Ranger? is for those who want to know the process to become a ranger and to realize the daily experiences of a seasonal interpretative park ranger.
Download or read book Passport to Your National Parks written by Eastern National and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's here! Now you can stamp your way through the entire National Park System with the newest addition to the Passport To Your National Parks line of products: the Collector's Edition Passport. Beauty and practicality meet artfully in this deluxe version of the popular Passport, taking you above and beyond the original by providing space for Passport stickers and cancellation stamps for every single park, as well as space for extra cancellations. The park sites are color-coded by region, each area featuring a color map that pinpoints park locations. With a spiral binding that makes it easy to lie open flat, a hard cover that ensures durability and longer life, and pages graced with beautiful color photographs, it's the ultimate stamping ground.
Download or read book Hey Ranger written by Jim Burnett and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his thirty years with the National Park Service, Jim Burnett has seen it all: boatramp mishaps that have sent cars into the water; skunks in the outhouse and bears at the dumpser; visitors looking for the bridge over the Grand Canyon.
Download or read book Oh Ranger A Book About the National Parks written by Horace M. Albright and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Oh Ranger written by Mark J. Saferstein and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oh Ranger provides an insider?s view into the most beautiful and culturally significant treasures in America. Oh Ranger is a collection of exciting stories told directly by the experts ? national park rangers. From animal encounters to fire fighting and search and rescue missions, rangers share their most memorable, life changing experiences. This book is a tribute to National park Service employees everywhere and was inspired by the original storybook written in 1928 by Horace Albright, the first superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. His memory lives on in the heroic actions of all those who proudly wear the instantly recognizable green and grey and flat hat ? the rangers. These are the men and women who work hard to protect and preserve our national parks for the enjoyment of millions of visitors, now and in future generations.Profits from the sale of this book will be donated to support national park education programs and the Employee and Alumni Association of the National Park Service. The original version of ?Oh, Ranger!" was co-authored by Horace Albright and Frank Taylor. Perhaps it's nostalgia that still attracts people to the stories of the adventures and the devotion to the National Park Service, but the image of the green-coated ranger stands tall to this day.Profits form the sale of this book will be donated to support National Park education and interpretive programs and the Employee and Alumni Association.
Download or read book Little Park Ranger Board Book Set written by Mudpuppy and published by Mudpuppy. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the beauty of the U.S. National Parks with your own little park ranger--from coast to coast! 16 stunning parks are featured including the Great Smoky Mountains, Big Bend, Glacier Bay and more. The Board Book Set includes 4 mini board books, 8 chunky pages per book, packaged together in a slipcase box. * 4 board books, 8 chunky pages per book * Each book: 4 x 4 x 1", 10 x 10 x 2.5 cm * Slipcase box: 4", 10 cm cube * Greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Printed with nontoxic inks. * All Mudpuppy products adhere to CPSIA, ASTM, and CE Safety Regulations
Download or read book Seasonal Disorder written by Pat Hagan and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranger Pat Hagan's Seasonal Disorder is about spending summer in paradise-Glacier National Park-for as long as you can make it last.
Download or read book National Park Service Uniforms Badges and insignia 1894 1991 written by R. Bryce Workman and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Year in the National Parks written by Stefanie Payne and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 1 of 2016, Stefanie Payne, a creative professional working at NASA Headquarters, and Jonathan Irish, a photographer with National Geographic, left their lives in Washington, D.C. and hit the open road on an expedition to explore and document all 59 of America's national parks during the centennial celebration of the U.S. National Park Service - 59 parks in 52 weeks - the Greatest American Road Trip. Captured in more than 300,000 digital photographs, written stories, and videos shared by the national and international media, their project resulted in an incredible view of America's National Park System seen in its 100th year. 'A Year in the National Parks, The Greatest American Road Trip' is a gorgeous visual journey through our cherished public lands, detailing a rich tapestry of what makes each park special, as seen along an epic journey to visit them all within one special celebratory year.
Download or read book Hola Ranger My Journey Through The National Parks written by Raymond David Vela and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hola Ranger chronicles the life story of a Latino growing up in the farmlands of Southeast Texas, his first visit to a national park, and the impact that it had on his life. In addition, the experiences and people that he met during his 38 years of public service. Packed with family images and entertaining anecdotes, the author also provides a fascinating insight into what it takes to work in and protect a national park while honoring all who have served their country in protecting our nation's most special places, and all of the stories that they contain. Hola Ranger reflects his profound belief in faith, family, and country as well as desire to inspire the next generation of diverse conservation stewards, advocates, and workforce.
Download or read book Yellowstone Ranger written by Jerry Mernin and published by . This book was released on 2016-05 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography of one of Yellowstone's most acclaimed rangers.
Download or read book National Park Ranger written by Charles R. Farabee and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this celebration of one of America's most enduring symbols, former ranger Charles "Butch" Farabee briefly revives the evolution of this national symbol.
Download or read book Send a Ranger written by Tom Habecker and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Send a Ranger is the true story of one man’s dream to live and work as a ranger in our national parks. Author Tom Habecker began his 32-year career with the National Park Service as a student intern at Gettysburg National Military Park while earning a degree in park administration at Penn State University. The book details Tom’s progression from novice to journeyman park ranger, working in Yosemite, Glacier, and Denali National Parks. The book is full of exciting adventures, including search and rescue incidents, criminal investigations, grizzly bear maulings, backcountry horse patrols, darting and trapping problem bears, providing advanced emergency medical care, fire-fighting, winter survival, flying in aircraft in mountainous terrain, living in the Alaska wilderness and much more. These accounts are enhanced by verbatim entries from Tom’s daily journals. Written in an informal and sometimes humorous style, the book details the evolution of training, technology, and skills that today’s park rangers must have to perform their challenging job. The book also describes the challenges and rewards of living and raising children in national parks. Follow Tom’s children as they grow up in places most people only dream about. You will learn what it’s like living in a house that receives over 250” of snow, annually cutting six cords of wood for heat, residing in a remote one-room cabin, and driving 130 miles one-way to town in the harsh Alaska winter. Living in a national park offers experiences like no other. Peek behind the scenes and experience the daily life of a national park ranger and his family.
