Volunteer Wilderness Rangers perform all duties of an official Forest Service wilderness ranger besides law enforcement. Our wilderness ranger program is a decade old and 20 active rangers strong. Wilderness rangers are charged with performing light trail maintenance, trash removal, educating wilderness visitors on Leave No Trace and Wilderness education. They are a helpful presence in our wilderness areas. There is special training involved and we accept committed volunteers that will dedicate themselves to training and then agreeing to at least 1-2 ranger "patrols" per month. Training will include:

• Leave No Trace education
• Wilderness education (what is capital "W" wilderness?)
• Two-way radio transmission and protocol
• Land navigation
• Basic first aid/CPR
• Authority of the Resource technique for visitor encounters

Contact Kim Waites for more information and inquire about the training process.
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