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	The changing role of Maine's Forest Rangers
		Rangers enforce fire prevention statutes that work to minimize the impact of wildfires, such as laws dealing with open burning permits, failure to extinguish a fire and violations of open burning permit restrictions.
		While on timber harvesting inspections, Forest Rangers ensure that slash (the by-products of tree cutting) is kept 100 feet from dwellings, 50 feet from public ways and 25 feet from property and utility lines.
		Forest Rangers use this opportunity not only to help those regions of the country which desperately need assistance, but also as a training tool to hone their fire management skills and tactics.
	www.centralmaine.com /sports/Outdoors/030423guest_co.shtml (1044 words)

	Forest Rangers
		There are many stories of these early GLO rangers not doing the jobs they were assigned, going home every day to work their farms or businesses, being unwilling or unable to undergo the rigors of living in the wilderness for long periods of time, or simply not having any knowledge of what they were doing.
		In a few cases, GLO rangers were actively involved in land frauds committed by their friends or in accepting money to "assist" homesteaders in obtaining forest land that was immediately sold to speculators or timber companies.
		In the spring of 1905, management of the forest reserves (later called national forests) was transferred from the Department of the Interior's GLO to the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Forestry.
	www.fs.fed.us /r5/newslog/march2004/history/rangers.html (590 words)

	Forest, conservation, and logging workers
		Forest workers also remove diseased or undesirable trees with power saws or handsaws, spray trees with insecticides and fungicides to kill insects and to protect against disease, and apply herbicides on undesirable brush and trees to reduce competing vegetation.
		Forest workers in private industry usually work for professional foresters and paint boundary lines, assist with prescribed burning, and aid in marking and measuring trees by keeping a tally of those examined and counted.
		Forest workers who work for State and local governments or who are under contract to the Federal Government also clear away brush and debris from camp trails, roadsides, and camping areas under their employers’ jurisdiction.
	www.bls.gov /oco/ocos178.htm (2901 words)

	Bureau disarray, attacks by loggers hinder rangers in forest protection
		Rangers stationed in Phong Nha Forest Station in Quang Binh Province face poor living and working conditions and have been subject to attack from illegal loggers, according to station head Phan Hong Thai.
		The lives of rangers can be threatened if they are attacked due to the long distance from the ranger station to a health clinic, he added.
		Said Tuan, forest rangers must receive greater State financial support to improve their working and living conditions and encourage them in their duties to protect forest resources from illegal exploitation.
	vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-11/23/Stories/14.htm (715 words)

	By choosing a major in criminal justice I would like to become a New York State Forest Ranger
		Forest Rangers in New York are an important part of our Careers Paperenvironmental preservation and safety.
		The Forest Ranger position is a civil service job that requires the candidate to pass and score fairly high on the civil service test.
		A ranger must be able to take the good with the bad, and mentally balance their job with their home life.
	web.lemoyne.edu /~youlenms/careerpaper.htm (1263 words)

	THE NYS DEC FOREST RANGERS: A CALL TO ACTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Because of their specialized expertise, NYS Forest Rangers are frequently sought out by people in their local communities and by visitors who rely on the rangers for information about the public lands, the law and how to conserve our fragile environment.
		As a result the Rangers, despite their keen on-the-ground knowledge, have not been systematically involved with unit management planning or implementation and their decision-making authority has been shifted out of their districts and regions to the Albany central office, all of this with negative consequences for the Forest Preserve, its communities, and its visitors.
		The Rangers' priority should be to serve as the state agents responsible for stewardship of public lands and of private lands covered by conservation easements.
	www.protectadks.org /ppp_12_03.html (625 words)

	San Bernardino National Forest - About Us
		The word "ranger" was an American variant of the ancient French verb for "rover," introduced to England by the Normans who came with William the Conqueror in 1066.
		Rangers were the game wardens on the Royal Forests of England and became the foragers/scouts of colonial expeditions in Virginia in 1716.
		Of course, not all those early rangers were alone; many were married and their wives acted as their husbands' unpaid assistants, performing clerical and technical duties such as tree planting and fire control.
	www.fs.fed.us /r5/sanbernardino/about/heritage.shtml (1488 words)

	NYSDEC Region 4 - Forest Rangers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The role of a Forest Ranger is varied and includes a number of important duties.
		Forest Rangers are responsible for wildfire suppression in fire towns and fire districts throughout the state, and are available to assist with wildfire suppression in other areas of the State and nationally, when requested.
		Forest Rangers generally live within their Ranger District, and serve as a community contact to the Department.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/reg4/rangers.html (215 words)

	WHITEHALL POLICE OFFICERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The State’s Forest Rangers and Lieutenants, Local 1872, Council 82, AFSCME have taken a vote of no confidence in Andrew Jacob, Director of Forest Ranger Services at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
		The Forest Ranger has come to symbolize the self-reliant land steward, always able to get any job done with the resources on hand.
		Each ranger has a geographic territory where that ranger is responsible for the preservation, protection, enhancement of the state's forest resources, and the safety and well being of the public using these resources.
	www.council82.org /other/forestrangers.htm (948 words)

	National Park Service: Uniforms (Badges/Insignia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		These early forest rangers, as they would be called, displayed their authority in the form of a badge, usually from some local jurisdiction, or in the case of Yellowstone, the park.
		There is a forest reserve ranger badge in a private collection that is stamped "Department of the Interior." This indicates its use before the 1905 separation, for Gifford Pinchot, chief of Agriculture's new Bureau of Forestry, immediately ordered a new badge when he obtained the forest reserves.
		The park rangers may have worn this badge or one stamped "park ranger" rather than "forest reserve ranger." If this was the case, though, it seems logical that they would have been known as park rangers instead of forest rangers.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/workman1/vol1c.htm (938 words)

	Rangers face restrictions in citing forest pass violators 1
		Forest Service rangers had placed citations on the people's vehicles, which were parked at trailheads, but had not seen them using the area.
		The Forest Service says the fees are necessary to help offset declining congressional appropriations for recreation and are used to finance trails, campgrounds, boat launches, parking areas, information kiosks, restrooms and other facilities.
		In June, the Rogue River and Siskiyou National Forests responded to criticism and cut by nearly 40 percent the number of trailheads, boat launches and other facilities where recreationalists are required to use the pass.
	dailytidings.com /2001/news0824/community/dt_community.php (606 words)

	Forest rangers, service director at odds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ALBANY — On a November evening, a state forest ranger got a call that a hunter was lost in the northern Adirondacks.
		But before the ranger could set out, he had to get an OK from a supervisor, delaying his search by 32 minutes, said Martin Candee, president of the ranger’s union.
		The state’s forest rangers, who are concentrated in the Adirondacks and Catskills but cover most of rural New York, are charged with protecting state land, fighting forest fires and rescuing people who get in trouble in the wild.
	www.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2004/09_2004/091120044.htm (479 words)

	PA DCNR Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Forest rangers ensure safety and provide assistance to visitors -- especially on weekends and holidays -- as well as enforce state forestry rules and regulations.
		The rangers serve in part as educators, making the public aware of environmental issues and factors affecting Pennsylvania state forests, such as ecosystem management; the health of the forest; biological diversity; timber harvesting; recreational use; and forest-fire protection.
		The 20 new rangers are in addition to six rangers hired last year in three other forest districts.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /polycomm/pressrel/rangers.htm (433 words)

	Greater Wellington - Eastbourne Forest Rangers
		The Eastbourne Forest Rangers (EFR) have been caring for the forest in East Harbour Regional Park since 1933 when the land was part of Eastbourne Domain.
		Rangers have carried out their self-imposed and self-regulated guardianship without any wish for public recognition except where it mattered - in the field.
		The Eastbourne Forest Rangers are volunteers interested in recreation and conservation aspects of the bush surrounding the Eastern Bays.
	www.gw.govt.nz /section609.cfm (209 words)

	Forest Rangers Learn To Protect Rare Wildlife in Transcarpathia
		The foresters are more or less informed about which wildlife is hunted, but their knowledge of other wildlife issues is minimal.
		The forest rangers have been very enthusiastic about the chance to receive more training.
		In the process of instructing the forest rangers, we have already received some important information about the habitat of the fl stork.
	www.isar.org /pubs/ST/UKrangers48.html (476 words)

	Durango Herald Online
		The 100 years since Teddy Roosevelt created the national forests have seen changes in the size, purpose and management of what is now 192 million acres of outdoor treasures, including nearly 2 million acres in the San Juan National Forest in Southwest Colorado, which was designated June 3, 1905.
		Forest Service records show that the first ranger in what is now the San Juan National Forest was Ernest W. Shaw, who held the job from Feb. 23, 1906 to July 16, 1915.
		She probably was predisposed to a career with the agency through a childhood of outdoor life that culminated with a Forest Service-sponsored trip to Lake Tahoe as a high-school senior to look at pollution and water quality.
	durangoherald.com /asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/05/news050531_3.htm (1288 words)

	Guardians of the Yosemite (1961), "Part II—History of “The First Rangers”," by John W. Bingaman
		The ranger organization of that period was a law enforcement agency protecting the new arrivals in the west against Indians and law violators.
		The Army reports to the Secretary of the Interior referred to these rangers as “Park Rangers.” This was probably the first usage of the “Park Ranger Title.” The forest rangers in California National Parks, officially became park rangers in 1905.
		Forest started his National Park career in June, 1904 at what was later known as Platt National Park, serving first as patrolman and later as park ranger.
	www.yosemite.ca.us /history/guardians_of_the_yosemite/history.html (10245 words)

	Forest Rangers Discover Huge Opium-Growing Operation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rangers discovered the illicit poppy-growing operation near North Fork in Madera County, about a quarter-mile from the nearest road.
		The rangers who raided the plantation saw three men working in the field, but two of the workers successfully eluded them.
		Rangers say it is not uncommon to find marijuana growing on national forest land, but opium plantings are comparatively rare.
	www.news10.net /storyfull.asp?id=4692 (179 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| REGIONS > Forest rangers in lonely battle vs. poachers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nelson Agto, a senior forest ranger of AWAT, told The Times that another team headed by Ador Mallari was on patrol in the reservation when they heard the sound of a chainsaw.
		Because of the slippery trails and the intermittent rains, the poachers evaded the forest rangers.
		Timber poachers, the rangers said, are a serious threat to the water-holding capacity of Angat Dam, which supplies 97 percent of the water needs of Metro Manila.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/jun/12/yehey/prov/20050612pro2.html (419 words)

	Views From The Top - Forums - NYS Forest Rangers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Martin Candee, a 10-year veteran of the forest rangers and president of Local 1872, said that by no longer allowing rangers to self-dispatch, the Department of Environmental Conservation is setting the stage for tragedy.
		But Candee said that in a recent survey sent to the 115 rangers the union represents, 99 percent of the 94 respondents said the current policy could lead to the death or serious injury of a member of the public or the ranger force.
		The rangers, environmental conservation officers, SUNY police and park police are all renegotiating their contracts with the state.
	www.viewsfromthetop.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1649 (922 words)

	Forest rangers visit hunting camps - billingsgazette.com
		In the Medicine Bow National Forest, rangers explained low-impact camping methods, telling hunters to completely extinguish campfires before leaving, remove all tents, haul out all their trash and bury any human waste.
		Rangers are also carried detailed forest maps and explained forest regulations.
		Motorized travel in national forests is restricted to designated roads and trails to protect watersheds, wildlife and soils.
	www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2002/10/12/build/wyoming/rangers.inc (327 words)

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		This ever-whistleable musical piece met the colourful backdrop of wilderness scenes set in Ontario's Great Outdoors, where a group of kids- Junior Forest Rangers- work, play and live in a large Hudson's Bay fort, while their older and wiser friends from the mythical town of Indian River look on.
		In the end, the wrong-doers are usually brought back to the the Chief Ranger's (Department of Lands and Forests) office and scolded, but are rarely handed over to the law.
		The Indian River Junior Forest Rangers from left to right are: Jesse (Ron) Cohoon, Susan Conway, Ralph Endersby, Syme Jago, Rex Hagon, and all the way from Ireland- Peter Tully.
	www.geocities.com /forestrangers1965 (793 words)

	Forest Fire Background
		Forest rangers analyze these factors to predict the danger of forest fires.
		If the forest has a lot of fuel on the ground but it is very dry, the fire may rapidly spread and threaten homes and peoples' lives.
		Forests rangers need to decide which fires to let burn and which to put out.
	www.shodor.org /succeedhi/succeedhi/fire/background-content.html (349 words)

	Scant snow fuels fear of forest fires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This year, rangers and DEC officials are already on the offensive, encouraging hikers to use portable stoves rather than campfires when camping.
		And while there isn’t much rangers can do about lightning, they can try to cut down on the number of campfires that are improperly snuffed or grow out of control by discouraging people from lighting them in the first place.
		Campfires are already banned in the eastern High Peaks, and keeping them to a minimum throughout the rest of the Forest Preserve becomes increasingly important as more and more people hike and camp in the Adirondacks, a trend that Jacob says shows no sign of reversing.
	www.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2002/05_2002/050120025.htm (672 words)

	Cult TV - Features Archive - The Forest Rangers
		But if the youngsters of the Indian River Junior Branch of the Forest Rangers appeared to be children acting on their own initiative in an adult environment, they could not do so without adult authority (although they often flouted it!).
		Courage, knowledge of the outdoors and good-natured humour characterised the adventures of the Forest Rangers, and it is perhaps these elements which have ensured that the series remains so fondly in the memories of viewers the world over.
		The Forest Rangers is not currently scheduled on any UK TV channel but it lives on in its homeland, courtesy of channels like APTN and TVLand.
	www.culttv.net /index.php?cm_id=131&cm_type=article (723 words)

	Maryland Forest Rangers take defensible actions, positions to protect Florida homes from wildfires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Maryland forest rangers are assigned to the Lafayette Landing Fire where more than 30,000 acres have been burned.
		The Maryland forest rangers, with the help of eight bulldozers, dug two miles of fireline in that time and endured temperatures that soared above 98 degrees with 40 to 52 percent humidity.
		Maryland's firefighting forest rangers are expected to be in Florida for a two week deployment.
	dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us /dnrnews/pressrelease/98626.html (424 words)

	7/11/2002 -- Illegal loggers attack police, forest rangers in northern Vietnam
		Three police officers were seriously injured and two forest rangers were hurt in the clash on Tuesday, said Lu Van Thung, chief forest ranger of Muong Lay District in Lai Chau, 550 kilometers (342 miles) northwest of Hanoi.
		Tipped off by villagers, six forest rangers went to retrieve 1.7 cubic meters (2.21 cubic yards) of illegally cut timber but were soon surrounded by a dozen loggers, Thung said.
		One of the forest rangers was taken hostage for a couple hours before the district chief negotiated his release, Thung said.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=17375 (571 words)

	Forest rangers prepare for snowmobile season - billingsgazette.com
		The Shoshone National Forest is gearing up for snowmobile season, putting up signs and markers on more than 300 miles of trails.
		The same is true for the Beartooth Mountains on the north end of the forest, said Thad Harper of the Wapiti District in Cody.
		Ken Boerman, a national forest law enforcement officer, cautioned skiers, snowshoers and snowmobilers to be careful.
	www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2002/12/05/build/wyoming/snowseason.inc (310 words)

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