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Recent Essays

Here are five ways you can support national parks. America's national parks are under threat like never before, but there are ways to help.

National parks are more efficient than most businesses. In fact they are not just economically efficient, they are wildly so. Here's how.

Here are 10 national parks that celebrate Black history, because we refuse to forget this vital part of our heritage.

Trump's federal hiring freeze is another step toward privatization--selling off America's national parks to the rich. Here's how.

A national park helped a man find solace from his grief, and I was lucky to be his guide. What I learned from him changed how I view parks.

Why we need national park rangers: how losing one of our most popular American icons would diminish our dreams and harm our national parks. 

To build a wall in parks--that was the threat the first time Donald Trump was president. Now he is threatening the parks themselves.

There are countless Native American cultural sites for visitors to explore in the Pacific Northwest. Here are some of the best.

Discover national parks that celebrate American Latino heritage, a community whose stories and culture are woven into the fabric of America.

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Stephanie McCullough

A former US national park ranger with a master’s degree in environmental education, I created The Ranger Desk to share my passion for national parks and the natural world.