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Contact your legislators and urge their support of H.R. 533
The Association of National Park Rangers extends its full support to passage of the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (H.R. 533) and encourages all association members to contact their respective congressional representatives to request their support to advance this legislation.

This is an extremely positive development for the National Park Service and all federal agencies that annually hire and employ seasonal employees. It provides a logical hiring authority to officially select employees who through their training, irreplaceable work experience, and demonstrated job performance have established their value to the agency.

We will update the status of this bill as it becomes available. Even though the prognosis is that the bill will not get out of committee, ANPR wants to start building support and show Congress that people are interested in this proposed legislation.

ANPR to host World Ranger Congress in 2016
The Eighth World Ranger Congress of the International Ranger Federation is tentatively scheduled for June 2016 at the YMCA of the Rockies near Estes Park, Colorado. Rocky Mountain National Park will serve as the host park for this professional gathering of global park employees. More details will be announced as planning progresses.



Quarterly columns by professionals in national parks interpretation, protection, resource management and administration. Read more > > >

The inaugural issue of the Student Employee Network newsletter will help connect the student community of the National Park Service. Share your ideas and gain insights from senior leadership. Download the newsletter here.

Worth Fighting For
An ANPR member reviews "Worth Fighting For: A Park Ranger's Unexpected Battle against Federal Bureaucrats & Washington Redskins Owner Dan Snyder." Read more.

The Soul of Yosemite
Read this ANPR member review "The Soul of Yosemite: Finding, Defending and Saving the Valley’s Sacred Wild Nature." More.

Park History Program
The National Park Service Park History Program has several hundred NPS book-length publications and 200 shorter articles and websites online that may be of interest to ANPR members. > > >