Posted
on July 31, 2014
Park
rangers work in all sorts of parks – world heritage sites, national
monuments and parks, state parks, even county and city parks. Anyone
who has ever enjoyed a park should take a moment today to thank
rangers for the work they do protecting the world's natural and
cultural treasures.
Another
reason for the day is to commemorate the rangers who have been killed
or injured in the line of duty.
According
to the official website of the International Ranger
Federation, a shocking number of rangers have been murdered in Africa
and other places because they were doing their job. I can certainly
see why someone would create a day to honor these brave men and
women!
Park
rangers are often under-equipped and underpaid—and that is
something to work on!—but they shouldn't be under-appreciated as
well!
Some
ideas for World Ranger Day include creating thank-you cards to give
to park rangers, choosing a local ranger to honor, light a candle for
rangers who have died in the line of duty, plant a tree as a tribute
to a ranger, host an event in which rangers speak to kids or adults
about their work, donate money to a park or to the IRF.
The U.S. National Park Service
hires more than 20 thousand employees—in job categories from
archeologists to fish biologists, from masons to electricians, from
landscape architects to museum professionals. About 4,000 of the
employees are park rangers.
- Wiki How has an article about how to become a park ranger.
- Here is a short video about a short, grim time in the lives of USNPS park rangers.
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