A Park Ranger's Life: Thirty-two Years Protecting
Our National Parks
Bruce W. Bytnar
Paperback, 6x9 in, 250 pages, Illustrated
Wheatmark, December 2009
ISBN: 9781604943450
Endorsements
"Pride, Integrity, Service is the motto of the United
States Park Rangers and Bruce Bytnar is regarded as one of the
finest examples of the competence and commitment for which the men
and women of the ranger force are famous.Highly skilled in a
variety of disciplines, his career took him from assignments as
varied as firefighting across the western mountains to VIP
protection details in eastern cities to rescue mission in the
rugged Appalachians to tracking criminals through forests and
fields and finally to the response in the nation’s capital
after the attacks of September 11. Bytnar captures the many facets
of rangering with the humor and insight of a master storyteller and
paints the picture of life inside "the best idea we ever had" our
national parks."
— John Garrison, Former Chief Ranger of
the Blue Ridge Parkway
Description
What is a park ranger's life?
- A wild bear who favors Kentucky Fried Chicken
- A fugitive wanted in eight states
- A dog that saves his owner's life
- Wildland firefighters battling nature and fire
- A ghost haunting a colonial mansion
- Hikers who stay lost because they think searchers calling their
names are wild animals
- Being willing to risk your life to make our parks safe and help
preserve them for the future
These are just a few experiences you will read about in A
Park Ranger's Life. Drawn from the thirty-two-year career of
National Park Ranger Bruce W. Bytnar, you will discover what it
takes to be a park ranger, what threats to visitors and resources
they deal with on a daily basis, and what you can do to help
protect and preserve our national heritage.
