The Ranger Desk

When nature calls: National parks are being overwhelmed with human waste. Here are the reasons why and how not to be a part of the problem.

"You can't climb on her!" a child called out. The forest giants of Bernheim Forest are so realistic they entrance the child in all of us.

Five reasons to be hopeful about climate change--the global outlook for climate action is no longer doom and gloom and here's why.

How to talk to climate change deniers about climate change, including reasons to hope and when to give up and move on.

Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage is celebrated in America's national parks. Here are three such parks, and links to many more.

A written snapshot of a solar eclipse. That day we felt aligned with our earth, with our sky, and all the wonders they both provide.

People are not a plague on the Earth. We are not a disease; we are ill, infected with a sense that we are not natural, that we don't belong.

Eliza Scidmoore is one of countless forgotten women who helped create a healthier environment and some of our favorite parks.

Being a park ranger is not as dangerous as people think, but it can be. My most dangerous ranger job was climbing the side of a cruise ship.