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  • Greetings from Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

    I wish I'd taken a photo of the wonderful park staff who made our visit to Kilauea amazing in every way! We'd done our best research, but who could have predicted that she'd begin erupting days before our visit? We parked, preparing to hike Kilauea Iki, and headed over to…

  • Greetings from Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

    I was there recently and disappointed that there was only one ranger talk scheduled for that day. There’s used to be 3 or more a day. We need more rangers! I love their talks!

  • Greetings from Olympic National Park

    I'm a born & bred Seattleite, and my first visit to the Olympic National Forest and Park was eye-opening because of the awesome beauty that surrounded me by 360 degrees! And not knowing where to begin, wherever I went, Park Rangers were always there to guide me to the most…

  • Greetings from Acadia National Park

    I started going to Acadia National Park when I was about 10. It was my first experience with a national park. Ranger walks there taught me so much about geology, flora, and fauna. It started me on a lifetime of visiting parks across the country. I took my children, and…

  • Greetings from San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

    I brought a troop of Girl Scouts to the monthly sea chantey singalong, ages 10-12. We had 15 girls with us; 12 never came back, but 3 never left. The three girls and I became volunteers. I worked as both a volunteer and a contractor for 15 years, leading pier…

  • Greetings from Lassen Volcanic National Park

    My Dad, Vernon Watson, was a summer ranger , 1953 & 54. As a young boy, 9 & 10, I roamed the park, rode my bike to take Dad his dinner at the entrance station, climbed peaks, and learned to enjoy nature, which has remained with me to this day,…

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    Greetings from Mesa Verde National Park

    We applaud all rangers and staff at our precious national park system and just can’t thank them enough for all they do. We visited Mesa verde in the summer of 2023 and as we listened to the ranger discuss certain aspects of park to a group of people we realized…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    It is nearly impossible to choose just one National Park that has made an impression on me. My love of the parks began 60 years ago when I was ten and my parents took our family on a camping trip “out West.” One of my vivid memories of that trip…

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    Last year about this time, my husband and I were planning an autumn trip to CO. Rocky Mountain NP was to be among our first stops but we had never visited a park where reservations were required. I called the number at RMNP to get some advice. The man who…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    In 2007 five women canoed the Green River in Utah then hiked from the Grand Canyon North rim to Cottonwood Campground. We found a rattlesnake in a campground bush and called the NP Ranger. She said, “Is it pink?” We confirmed and then she said, “Oh, that is Rosie. Leave…

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