who r forest rangers?wat work do they do?

Answer 1

A forest ranger is a person charged with protecting and preserving protected forests, wilderness areas, as well as other natural resources and protected cultural resources. The profession has often been over simply characterized as "protecting the people from the resource, and the resource from the people." The profession includes a number of disciplines and specializations, and park rangers in the United States and elsewhere are often required to be proficient in more than one. For example, the mission of "protection and preservation" is also to be achieved by rangers who interpret the resources to the public in order to achieve public stewardship -- not only demanding compliance simply through law enforcement.


ranger—responsible for an array of visitor services, tours, informational exhibits, etc.—has different primary duties than a law enforcement ranger. Many rangers, however, must be relied upon to be competent in functions beyond their primary duties. For example, just a ranger with primary law enforcement duties may also provide interpretive programming, so may a ranger with primary interpretation duties be trained and serve as a wild land firefighter. Only certified, "commissioned", park rangers may perform law enforcement duties however, just as wild land firefighting is only authorized for properly trained and certified personnel. The field of interpretation is becoming increasingly professionalized as well, as colleges and universities in greater numbers are offering degrees in the discipline[1] and certification becomes more common.[2] Within the structure of a unit of the US National Park System, there are often various divisions—these sometimes include Law Enforcement, Resources Management, Interpretation, Maintenance, and Administration. Park rangers may be found in any of these divisions, but are most often associated with the first three.

* Security: Rangers check to see that gates are locked, that closed roads are not in use, that unauthorized persons keep out of closed or sensitive areas, and that authorized visitors follow park regulations. Many of these park regulations seek to protect sensitive areas from ecological damage while at the same time protecting the visiting public from possible hazards of the natural environment. Many people understand these functions as similar to the work performed by security guards, except that they are performed in remote areas. However, many park rangers have special training—including advanced degrees ranging from biology to archaeology to American History—that equip them to handle the specific security needs of their individual parks while being mindful of both resource-protection imperatives and visitor interests.
* Law enforcement: Some rangers have police powers and enforce laws in the park and surrounding area. Park rangers sometimes carry firearms—particularly in remote areas or when engaged in deterring illegal hunting or poaching. In some developing countries, the park rangers patrolling natural preserves may be heavily armed and function as paramilitary organizations against organized poachers or even guerillas. In units of the US National Park System, National Park Rangers who are certified as federal law enforcement officers are the primary police agency; their services may augmented by the US Park Police, particularly in the Washington, DC and San Francisco metropolitan areas. In many National Parks law enforcement rangers are increasingly being tasked with military style counter-drug operations in response to a rising rate of domestic drug production and marijuana cultivation.
* Interpretation and education: Park Rangers provide a wide range of informational services to visitors. Some Rangers provide practical information—such as driving directions, train timetables, weather forecasts, trip planning resources, and beyond. Other rangers provide more educational-type information to visitors known as interpretive programs: these include (but are not limited to) guided tours about the park's history or ecology, slideshows, and historical re-enactments. Rangers are expected to be experts in not only the geography of the areas they patrol, but also the animal and plant life natural and cultural resources.
* Emergency response: Rangers are often trained in wilderness first aid and participate in search and rescue to locate lost persons in the wilderness. Many National Parks require law enforcement sworn rangers to maintain certification as Emergency Medical Technicians or Paramedics.
* Firefighting: Rangers are often the first to spot forest fires and are often trained to engage in wild land firefighting and in some cases structural fire fighting. Rangers also enforce laws and regulations regarding campfires and other fires on park lands. In the face of a fire outside their control, rangers will call for help and evacuate persons from the area pending the arrival of additional firefighters.
* Maintenance: Some rangers perform routine maintenance on facilities or equipment—especially in preparing for winter closures and spring re-openings. Rangers are often the first to discover vandalism or weather-related damage to roads or facilities.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_ranger

Answer 2

Forest Rangers are actually government employees. Their jobs are to work at all the different public parks around the country, such as the Grand Canyon, Ellis Island, etc. and it is their job to make sure that the parks are kept safe for visitors and from the environment. They work to make sure that the parks are kept up and are not damaged. They take visitors on tours when necessary. There is a hierachy as to which is the best park to work at and so they move around a lot. They do have to be trained to do what they do. It's a great job if you love nature.

Answer 3

A park ranger is a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands, forests (then called a forest ranger), wilderness areas, as well as other natural resources and protected cultural resources.

Answer 4

Very few people who work in forests are actually forest rangers. Here's some of the jobs in the US Forest Service:

* Forester - design and manage timber sales, timber inventory, tree planting
* Silviculturist - decide how forests should be managed to provide timber, reduce fire risk, and provide wildlife habitat and scenic attributes
* wildlife biologist - provides technical support for protecting or restoring habitat, inventory of species, and wildlife monitoring
* fisheries biologist - same as wildlife, but focused on aquatic species
* hydrologist - provide technical support for managing run-off and reducing erosion
* Firefighter - responsible for fighting wildfires and designing and lighting controlled fires
* Engineer - civil engineers responsible for road maintenance, surveying, road design, and restoration projects

Answer 5

um they protect our forests