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  • Greetings from Cuyahoga Valley National Park

    I worked with the Youth Conservation Corp in the 70's and early 80's. It was a very formidable time in my life in Ohio and I learned a lot from those jobs, dedication, and teamwork being two of the most important. The time outdoors in this beautiful part of the…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    My family and I had a lovely walk with a ranger at Grand Teton National Park who discussed the flora and fauna as we strolled along the path outside the visitor's center during an August 2023 visit. Unfortunately, it was cut short by rain, but we really enjoyed it. The…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    After viewing the magnificent sweeping panorama of Grand Canyon National Park, we viewed a film of the history of the area with a Native American park ranger-AWESOME!!!!!

  • Greetings from Manassas National Battlefield Park

    We visited this wonderful park in the summer of 2021; 3 of my sons, the oldest's wife, and my granddaughter and I, and we witnessed an amazing re-enactment of the (first) battle there! We walked around the park, enjoying the fields and sites, as they've been preserved from that time…

  • Greetings from Canyon De Chelly National Monument

    This is an amazing park, but its stories are not obvious without the interpretation of the incredibly knowledgeable and passionate Rangers, who led us on a tour that combined history, geography, astronomy, archaeology, and made the past come alive in moving and poignant ways--they were absolutely essential to understand the…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    The National Parks' Junior Ranger program is so wonderful! Before becoming parents, my husband and I had so much fun going through the activity books, learning about the park and earning our own Junior Ranger badges. The Park Rangers were always so kind and supportive of our participation. Now, we…

  • Greetings from Muir Woods National Monument

    When our son was around 10 months old, he visited his first National Monument - Muir Woods. My husband and I love visiting and exploring our country's National Parks so this was a very special day for us! Ranger Boone was so kind and helped John David earn his first…

  • Greetings from Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

    In 1985, we took our three boys -- Graham, age 13 and twins Mark and George, 9 -- on a trip around the western U.S. One highlight was a visit to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, where our boys sat in rapt admiration and attention as a park ranger…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    My name is Alana F and I am 7 years old. Seeing Old Faithful and geyers are very hot but the weather was very cold and windy. We had a tour and the tour person had a thermometer that wasn't shaped like a thermometer but it was shaped like a…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    my name is Nolan and I am 5 years old, i wanted to put all the animals I saw on this paper, I saw buffalo and geysers. I saw elk, mountain blue bird, ducks, horses, robin, fish, bald eagle. i go on a road trip and this is how i…

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