Association of National Park Rangers

We bring together ALL park professionals — maintenance, administration, law enforcement, interpretation, and all rangers. ANPR believes we are stronger together.

Association of National Park Rangers

We bring together ALL park professionals — maintenance, administration, law enforcement, interpretation, and all rangers. ANPR believes we are stronger together.

Association of National Park Rangers

We bring together ALL park professionals — maintenance, administration, law enforcement, interpretation, and all rangers. ANPR believes we are stronger together.

Association of National Park Rangers

We bring together ALL park professionals — maintenance, administration, law enforcement, interpretation, and all rangers. ANPR believes we are stronger together.

Association of National Park Rangers

We bring together ALL park professionals — maintenance, administration, law enforcement, interpretation, and all rangers. ANPR believes we are stronger together.

Association of National Park Rangers

We bring together ALL park professionals — maintenance, administration, law enforcement, interpretation, and all rangers. ANPR believes we are stronger together.

Upcoming News/Events

Interpretation 150 class set for Rendezvous 47

This 32-hour class will set you up for success as a ranger! 

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New Amache NHS seeks park guide position

Looking for a position at a great new National Historic Site? Look no further!

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ANPR spring fundraiser is underway

The focus of this year's annual fund raiser is to help support the rehabilitation of the Museum of the National Park Ranger, a project ANPR helped launch in the early '90s.

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Ranger Rendezvous 47 lodging and presenter info

Ranger Rendezvous is heading to Rapid City, S.D.! 

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Gain professional PIO experience serving ANPR's communications committee

Gain professional experience serving on the ANPR Communications Committee.

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News Release

Betty Reid Soskin named honorary ANPR Life Member

23 Jun 2024

Soskin represents a lifetime of telling honest, hard, historical truths with persuasive grace. ANPR is honored to have her as a Life Member.

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Rangers are conservation professionals who do all kinds of jobs to keep parks welcoming, healthy, and safe. On construction sites and trails, in visitor centers and research labs, on patrol and behind the scenes in parks across the United States, Rangers work every day to protect America’s best idea.

Learn more about their work and how you can build a career protecting parks.

Park professionals from every division and discipline join ANPR for camaraderie and opportunities to network with peers from across the United States. Whether you are a Ranger today or are a Ranger at heart, join us in supporting the important work of National Park Service staff.

From Jackson Hole to Bar Harbor, our annual rendezvous is where rangers meet rangers from across the United States.

Whether you want to see old friends or meet a professional peer, Ranger Rendezvous is the best place to discuss the state of the park profession and develop relationships in our national park community.

Mission

The Association of National Park Rangers is an organization created to communicate for, about, and with National Park Service employees of all disciplines; to promote and enhance the professions, spirit, and mission of National Park Service employees; to support management and the perpetuation of the National Park Service and the National Park System; and to provide a forum for professional enrichment.

Supporters

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Thanks to our sponsors who support our mentorship program, Ranger magazine, and training at Ranger Rendezvous.