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How to be a park ranger

by Eliza Mills
Jan 21, 2019
You don't have to major in environmental sciences.
Andrew LaValle switched careers to spend more time outdoors.
Andrew LaValle
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The rekindling of fire lookout towers

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Oct 26, 2018
How one state is reinvesting in a century old method to fight wildfires.
A fire lookout tower in Pennsylvania.
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The rekindling of fire lookout towers

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Oct 26, 2018
How one state is fighting wildfires.
A fire lookout tower in Pennsylvania.
Nicholas A. Tonelli/Flickr
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The private dollars that help fund our national parks

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 25, 2017
The National Park Foundation helps fill the gap when the Park Service's $3 billion budget falls short.
Point Reyes National Seashore
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Here’s the company that makes those National Park and Smokey Bear signs

by Robert Garrova
Jun 23, 2017
One woman started it out of a garage and now they make 25,000 signs and markers a year
Wood Product Signs and Rocky Mountain Aluminum workers posing with Smokey the Bear signs.
Courtesy Wood Product Signs and Rocky Mountain Aluminum
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At 100 years old, the national parks need $12 billion of TLC

by Mitchell Hartman
Aug 24, 2016
With more visitors and sites to maintain, the National Park Service is playing catch up.
A view of the "Morning Glory" hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.
MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
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Celebrating 100 years of National Parks

by David Brancaccio
Feb 11, 2016
A conversation with famed mountaineer Conrad Anker.
A view of Denali, formerly known as Mt. McKinley, on September 1, 2015 in Denali National Park, Alaska.
Lance King/Getty Images
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America’s national parks, a century of nature and economics

by Mark Garrison
Jan 18, 2016
Early numbers show more than 300 million visits in 2015, a new record.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most popular in the nation.
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National parks consider adding Wi-Fi

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 3, 2014
Quick, I need to take a selfie with this geyser.
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Travel plans canceled because of shutdown? How about a refund?

by David Weinberg
Oct 3, 2013
National parks are closed, so vacations are ruined. Vacations are ruined, so vacationers are asking for refunds -- and sometimes they're actually getting them.
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