a decade-long construction program initiated by Director Conrad Wirth in 1956 – notice the paragraph about Mission 66 on the brochures above. However, during that decade park visitation had also more than doubled because of the growing urbanized ...
It was also one of the most dangerous. From 2000 to 2010, a national park ranger was more likely to be assaulted in the line of duty than any other federal officer, including those who work for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Secret Service, and the ...
Park rangers wear a uniform. The flat hat protects us from the hot sun, and hiking boots allow us to walk rocky trails. The National Park Service symbol on the sleeve of our uniform shirt helps visitors recognize us so they can ask for assistance.Being a park ranger requires a lot of e...
Maps are so central in today’s NPS visitor guides that many refer to them as “the park map”. Guiding visitors to points of interest, they are so intimately tied to the national park experience that it is easy to take them for granted. Yet, they are the product of a long evolution,...
sind Teil des USA Nationalpark Systems. Sie sind von sehr unterschiedlicher Grösse und werden von Superintendents geleitet, denen uniformiertes Personal untersteht, das die verschiedenartigen Arbeiten verrichtet. Die Parkranger mit ihren breitrandigen Hüten betreuen die Besucher, organisieren und...
Betty Rei d Soskin retire d at the age of 100 as the oldest active National Park Service (NPS) ranger(护林员). She spent her last day on the job at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California.As an NPS employee, Soskin tirelessly promote d ...
Nach der Julirevolution 1830 griff Louis-Philippe die Idee der populären Napoleonlegende auf und ließ im Sommer 1833 die Colonne Vendôme mit dem »Petit Caporal« in Militäruniform, Gehrock und Dreispitz krönen. 1863 war nach dem Statuenaustausch die Figur im römischen Kaiser...
Grand Canyon CCC workers prepare to leave for the job site, 1934. Source: National Park Service Forest Service Ranger, 1920 Glass Negative. Source: Library of Congress Kaibab National Forest Grand Canyon Rim Watch Tower. Source: Library of Congress ...
Rangers practice their riding skills at Zakouma National Park, in Chad. The park has four mounted ranger teams because horses are the only way to effectively patrol during the wet season, when the elephants head to drier land outside the park. ...
On the 106th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS), this article continues where my previous write-up about the official NPS visitor guides stopped. As an introduction to the history of those publications over the years, we examined their front