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Bryce Canyon park ranger dies after tripping, falling while on-duty
and had been a park ranger — in the permanent, seasonal and volunteer capacities — for more than a decade. Lorig first began working with the National Park Service in June 1968 at Carlsbad ...
Volunteer forest ranger, 18, dies responding to New York wildfire that sent smoky haze over NYC
A fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park took over three hours to extinguish ... we have received news of the line-of-duty death of ...
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See the "Wooly Devil," new plant species discovered at a U.S. national park for the first time in nearly 50 years
The Wooly Devil, or Ovicula biradiata, was first spotted by botany volunteer Deb Manley and a park ranger in March 2024, according to the park service. The tiny, fuzzy-looking plants with yellow ...
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These park rangers oversaw Florida’s only manatee refuge. Then they were fired.
volunteer coordination and whatever else the day might bring, Ryver thought. Being a Florida park ranger was a dream job. As rumors swirled, Ryver, who helped keep the refuge running amid back-to ...
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Texas park rangers discover new plant species at Big Bend National Park
A volunteer and park ranger came across the fuzzy-looking plant in a remote northern stretch of the park in March 2024 and didn't recognize it. The rangers uploaded pictures of it to an app where ...