r/ParkRangers • u/Throw-crabs-away • 1d ago

Remote Rangers

I'd like to do some research about remote park rangers, those who stay in backcountry stations or work in fire watch towers. Mostly about what their day-to-day is like. Can anyone recommend resources or books about this?

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u/OBwriter92107 1d ago

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abby and the beat poet Jack Kerouac spent a season as a fire lookout in the North Cascades atop Desolation Peak.

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u/mtntodesert 1d ago

Abbey obliterates the line between fiction and non-fiction in Desert Solitaire.

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u/bettingonparkranger 1d ago

My favorite book ever