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My Ranger Origin Story: AmeriCorps And The Attack On The Park Rangers Of Tomorrow

Have you ever asked a national park ranger their origin story? Let me tell you mine. My journey, like that of so many other rangers, started with AmeriCorps, the impactful program that provides young people with service opportunities, now under attack by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

A Day In The Park: Yellowstone National Park

Located within parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, Yellowstone National Park truly deserves the honor of being designated America’s (and the world’s) first national park. Within it’s 2.2 million acres is the world’s greatest collection of geothermal displays and such a great diversity of wildlife that the park is nicknamed “America’s Serengeti.”

It's National Park Week: What Can You Do?

By now you've seen the stories about what you'll experience in the National Park System this summer: crowds and long lines to enter parks, dirty restrooms, vandalism, chaos. The question to be asked is what can be done about the cutbacks the Trump administration is making to the National Park Service that will either directly impact your vacation or, possibly behind the scenes, lead to damage to the parks' natural resources.