Ive met a lot of female rangers in various parks.
Never gave it a second thought.
Its a surprising percentage really, maybe more female than male.
Females naturally have a better trailside manner, more approachable imo.
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I've met Mrs Hendy at GC NP and possibly BB NP, I think in front of the BB Backcountry Permit office, before she was Head Ranger at GSMNP. Sounds like a great GSMNP addition. She's a TN native. What great places to have worked. Her great smile is a show of her personality and experiences.
They were taking a bite out of a still beating elk heart from an animal they just dropped with a big game hunting broadhead after a 2 wk long stalk wearing camo face paint peeing in the bushes while you were nursing a second cherry Slurpee from 7-11 on Broad St complaining about your Band Aid not sticking to your finger wearing that button down plaid bought at a JCPenny spring sale awaiting a PT community college student cashier to relay the numerical family bathroom code so you could relieve yourself hygienically.
Strong women are thriving!
I've worked in several parks. Sure interpretive rangers lead walks and programs in the back country. Different job than "Back Country Ranger", which is more law enforcement and safety. Great men and women doing both, as well as less glamorous jobs like keeping the water running, painting buildings, keeping paperwork current, and pumping out vault toilets.
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NPS Chief Rangers are almost all LE rangers b/c in larger parks they oversee law enforcement staff. The vast majority of LE rangers are male b/c the vast majority of applicants for LE positions are male. Thus there are not many female chief rangers.
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