California state park rangers
(2009)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Arcadia Publishing : Made available through hoopla, 2009
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781439620922 (electronic bk.) MWT11452186, 143962092X (electronic bk.) 11452186
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The first park ranger in the world was appointed in California in 1866. Galen Clark was chosen as "Guardian of Yosemite," at what was then Yosemite State Park, and the concept of rangers to protect and administer America's great nature parks was born. The tradition continued in 1872 with the establishment of the first national park at Yellowstone. From the earliest days, park rangers have been romanticized; they are explorers, outdoorsmen, tree lovers, animal protectors, police officers, nature guides, and park administrators. The park ranger has become an American icon, whose revered image has maintained itself to this very day
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