Forest Ranger facts
While investigating facts about Forest Ranger, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 2010, the Forest Service made Betty White an honorary forest ranger. White said in previous interviews that she wanted to be a forest ranger as a little girl but that women were not allowed to do that then. When White received the honor, more than 1/3 of Forest Service employees were women.
Christopher Langan with an IQ of 195 has worked as a construction worker, cowboy, Forest Service Ranger, farmhand, and, for over twenty years, a bouncer
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 5 of the best facts about Forest Ranger I managed to collect.
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Armed regiments of African American soldiers, known as Buffalo Soldiers, served as the precursor to Park Rangers. Their duties included protecting national parks from illegal grazing, poaching, and forest fires, as well as building much of the original infrastructure still used today.
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To be a "Forest Ranger" in Florida, you don't need to know fuck-all about anything.
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Thanks to Firewatch the game, that Ed Pulaski was an assistant forest ranger who saved 45 firefighters from wildfires in 1910 and eventually gave his name to the weird looking axe they use.