A friend of ours asked how do you become a junior ranger so
I thought I would tell you more about the program. The purpose of being a
Junior Ranger is to explore, learning about, and protect the US National Parks.
It’s so cool. You can become a ranger at each park you visit. There are usually
3 Steps to it. First you complete some activities in a booklet. These are like
word searches, story writing, sketches, matching things – all to help you get
to know the park more and the species in it. Next, you have to attend a ranger
program(a hike or picking up litter etc)
or watch a park film in the visitor centre. Last of all, you show your
booklet and activities to a park ranger and he or she checks your work and
talks with you. Then you take the pledge to protect the parks, get a badge and
a certificate!
One of the career possibilities I’m thinking about is to be
a park ranger and photographer together. Maybe this will be good practice for
the actual thing! As of today, I’m a Junior Ranger of the Badlands National
Park (Maeve too.)
Hi Sam -- Patti and I have been to that park (I seem to remember an interpretive plaque informing us that birds frequented the area because of "the sweet, sweet taste of gin" (of which a key ingredient is juniper berries. But I would have to assume the birds didn't know that). We also went to nearby Wind Caves Park and had an "oh my gosh I can't believe he's so close!" moment with a bull bison that was so lovely, right up until we realized "oh my gosh I can't believe he's so close".
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Congratulations on your first certificate! Sam, you would make an excellent park ranger! Remember to protect your picnic basic from the bears (like Yogi Bear?)!! :)
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