All coms on this board are monitored. Respect my authoritah
“ACAB!” I scream at the park ranger who’s trying to stop me from piling rocks up on a hiking trail
I don't think we have NPS patrolling the trails just to catch rogue hikers, we don't have the authority to arrest people. Anyone who paid the entrance fee is free to ruin the hiking trails, then people like me who does maintenance will just have to clean it up.
If I could be deputized singularly to enforce leash laws well
Being a ranger in a place like Rocky Mountain National Park is one of those jobs that I could do for 30 years without getting bored. It's a shame the jobs are so wildly competitive that it takes several years of volunteering to be considered.
Yes, I just learned that one of the things ranger does after overnight snowfall is just to hike the trails first thing in the morning and leave footprints, because the hiking trails might be covered up and not as obvious for tourists.
same but for NWS except everything has now been privatized (even the spotter network) and i had to buy my own shirt
Same here, im an Americorps person doing homelessness services! Really good work, just wish I got paid an actual wage.
Alright we got someone on the inside. Finally we can build the bear coalition right at the source!
wait, I love that colorful shirt behind it. How can I appropriate your style?
That is a Filson (TM) - it is a really overpriced brand for outdoor workers and status symbol for dumb people in rural areas. I got mine at a thrift store in an upscale Colorado ski town.
Do the volunteers also get gear discounts the way contractors and employees do? My [REDACTED] who works for [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] National Park gets like 60% off boots at this one place.
Congratulations, that’s an incredible job.
Here’s to the fallen workers who were fucked over by the Trump admin to make way for you
I did make sure that I'm not scabbing. I'm taking a paid seasonal volunteer job that has always been around.
Very cool. I need to start looking for new employment soon and I'd be interested in something like this but was discouraged by reading about persistent budget cuts and decay by neglect in federal agencies, and that's prior to the current year's fuckery. But your finding this and good words from other folks in this thread will make me reconsider.
