Welcome to the Park of the Week Newsletter for October 26, 2023. This week we’re featuring one half of the world’s first International Peace Park. Waterton Lakes National Park Prince of Wales Hotel. Photo by Christopher Osten on Unsplash Location Alberta, Canada, North of Glacier National Park Claim to fame Waterton Lakes National Park sits […]
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An interpretive park ranger conveys a park’s story. Every park has a story, a reason that it was protected and staffed with park rangers.
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Tahquamenon Falls State Park is the second largest state park in Michigan and home to several spectacular waterfalls.
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To embrace the inevitable chaos of travel, accept that something will always go wrong. And learn to roll with the changes.
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The United States declared Big Cypress its first national preserve on October 11, 1974.
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When you need help, tell people. When I was injured and limping on trail, I asked strangers for help. What happened next surprised us both.
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Butterflies, children, and guns. How a terrified child’s question about butterflies changed the way I thought about migration and borders.
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Why are there no stupid questions to ask a park ranger? Because the biggest questions provide the biggest opportunities to learn.
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I quit the national park service for the same reason I became a ranger in the first place: to find and do what makes me happy.
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Naturalist gatekeeping can frighten people away from trying new things. Lets encourage beginners to love what we love, not shame them.
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