Park ranger
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A park ranger, park warden, or forest ranger is a person entrusted with protecting and preserving parklands – national, state, provincial, or local parks. "Parks" may be broadly defined by some systems in this context, and include protected culturally or historically important built environments, and is not limited to the natural environment. Different countries use different names for the position. Warden is the favored term in Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Within the United States, the National Park Service refers to the position as a park ranger. The U.S. Forest Service refers to the position as a forest ranger. Other countries use the term park warden or game warden to describe this occupation. The profession includes a number of disciplines and specializations, and park rangers are often required to be proficient in more than one.
See also
See also
- Camera trap: for detecting which animals are present in an area
- Conservation officer
- Ecotourism in Africa
- Game warden
- Gunfire locator: locating of (illegal) hunting activity
- Preventive horn removal
- Hatching out eggs using an incubator
- Invasive species eradication
- Moving out ivory stockpiles (burning, sale, ...): increases park ranger safety
- Protected area
- Ranger (disambiguation)
- Rewilding: reintroduction of lost native species (especially keystone species and predators) into an area
- Sea turtle hatcheries
- The Thin Green Line
- US National Park Rangers
