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Bill Wade: Protecting Shenandoah Resources
January 30, 2017 · 6 minIn 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 1980s. The result? Some admonishments; a few accolades; and a sense of a job well done…
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Meg Weesner on Community and Natural Resources
November 14, 2016 · 8 minIn the 1980s Meg Weesner was among a pioneer generation of women to move into Natural Resources Management in the National Park Service. During her career she discovered that collaboration with partners was the best way to preserve and…
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Sandra Weber: Doing A Job You Love
October 19, 2016 · 7 minIn 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 Historic Site, the first step in a career with the National Park Service.
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Flo Six Townsend: Paying it forward
October 2, 2016 · 9 minDo 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 career development and employee training. In 2013 we talked as part of the Association of…
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Dick Martin: My Role Was To Listen
September 1, 2016 · 9 minDick Martin served as the second superintendent Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska between 1985 and 1990. The assignment, in hold interviewer Alison Steiner, taught him how to work with communities in the face of…
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Wendy Lauritzen Developing A Career
September 1, 2016 · 7 minHow do you build a successful career in the National Park Service? In this installment of Centennial Voices, Wendy Lauritzen describes how she combined careful planning, serendipity, the guidance of mentors, and a professional organization…
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Ed Rizzotto: The Importance of Urban Parks
August 23, 2016 · 6 minIn 1988 Ed Rizzotto began working at Gateway National Recreation Area in New York City. During his seven years at Gateway helped him recognize the unique role that urban parks play in the National Park System and in people’s everyday lives.
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Anne and Scott Warner: Seasonal Rangers
August 15, 2016 · 6 minAnne and Scott Warner share their stories as seasonal park rangers who began mid-life careers with the National Park Service. They've worked from Maine to Nevada and Louisiana to Texas, exploring our national parks in depth as seasonal…
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J.D. Swed: Dealing with Death
August 8, 2016 · 6 minJ.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 to do the same.
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Diane and Dan Moses: Raising Kids in the Parks
August 1, 2016 · 6 minDiane 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 stories of giving birth during a Yellowstone winter, finding community in the parks, and…
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John Reynolds: Growing Up in the Parks
July 25, 2016 · 6 minJohn 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 Yellowstone and Theodore Roosevelt National Parks, and hear him discuss how these experiences…
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Bill Wade: Calling a national park home
July 9, 2016 · 7 minWhat's it like to grow up in a national park? Retired NPS superintendent Bill Wade will tell you.
About the show
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 employees that celebrate the history of our national parks and the role they've played in lives around the world. Thanks to the Association of National Park Rangers Oral History Project for making many of these interviews possible.
People's stories are among the most valuable resources that the National Park Service preserves and protects for future generations. Listen to people who have made the Park Service what it is today.