National Park Service Oral History
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National Park Service Oral History
Interested in what it's like to be born in the middle of a Yellowstone winter or raised in the heart of Yosemite Valley? Curious about the inner workings of parks or how people establish careers with the National Park Service? Hear firsthand accounts from former and current National Park Service emp...
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Bill Wade: Protecting Shenandoah Resources
In this episode, Bill Wade describes how he had to bend the rules to safeguard resources when he was superintendent of Shenandoah National Park in the...
Meg Weesner on Community and Natural Resources
In the 1980s Meg Weesner was among a pioneer generation of women to move into Natural Resources Management in the National Park Service. During her ca...
Sandra Weber: Doing A Job You Love
In college Sandra Weber decided to major in a subject she loved--history. Following her passions and gifts led to a job at the Clara Barton National H...
Flo Six Townsend: Paying it forward
Do you realize how many people it takes to make the National Park System work? Many are like Flo Six Townsend, who found her Park Service passion in c...
Dick Martin: My Role Was To Listen
Dick Martin served as the second superintendent Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska between 1985 and 1990. The assignment, in hold...
Wendy Lauritzen Developing A Career
How do you build a successful career in the National Park Service? In this installment of Centennial Voices, Wendy Lauritzen describes how she combine...
Ed Rizzotto: The Importance of Urban Parks
In 1988 Ed Rizzotto began working at Gateway National Recreation Area in New York City. During his seven years at Gateway helped him recognize the uni...
Anne and Scott Warner: Seasonal Rangers
Anne and Scott Warner share their stories as seasonal park rangers who began mid-life careers with the National Park Service. They've worked from Main...
J.D. Swed: Dealing with Death
J.D. Swed shares some of his experiences as a search and rescue ranger in the parks. He discusses how he learned to deal with death and helped others...
Diane and Dan Moses: Raising Kids in the Parks
Diane and Dan Moses share what it was like to raise two daughters while living and working in the national parks. Listen along as they tell their stor...
John Reynolds: Growing Up in the Parks
John Reynolds tells us what it was like to grow up in our national parks as the son of a park ranger. Listen as he shares childhood memories from Yell...
Bill Wade: Calling a national park home
What's it like to grow up in a national park? Retired NPS superintendent Bill Wade will tell you.
Laurel Boyers, NPS wilderness ranger
In the 1970s Laurel Munson Boyers was among a pioneering generation of women who assumed new roles in the National Park Service. Listen to Boyers desc...
Ranger JD Swed, a flathat, and a horse
In this segment of "Centennial Voices," we hear how a disciplined mentor and a balky horse teach a seasonal National Park Service ranger the importanc...
Retired NPS Ranger JD Swed on family and work
Retired Park Ranger J. D. Swed talks about how family life and work are inter-related in the National Park Service. Thanks to Nolan Edmondson, NPS vol...
Retired NPS park ranger Butch Farabee
Butch Farabee was a revered National Park Service ranger who excelled in search and rescue. During a interview conducted in 2012 at the Association of...