She began working as a park ranger at age 85, educating visitors about the women and people of color who served on the home ...

Perched on the edge of a boat gliding smoothly out of sunny Northeast Harbor, Maine, Tess Black ’20 commands the attention of the dozens of visitors to Acadia National Park seated around her. “Today, ...

If you hop on the No. 35 bus in downtown Portland, within 15 minutes you’ll reach the entrance to Tryon Creek State Natural Area — a 647-acre pocket of calm tucked at the edge of the city. For park ...

Park rangers know a lot about national parks — but they don't tell tourists everything. INSIDER asked former park ranger Ash Nudd to share a few secrets of the national parks that she learned on the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Over the course of his nearly 44-year career working with Linn County Conservation as a park ranger, ...

Soskin became a National Park ranger in her mid-80s, schooling visitors on Black women’s contributions to the WWII effort in ...

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's oldest ranger, died Sunday. As a ranger, she shed light on the painful reality of working on the WWII home front as a Black woman.

At an age when most people are in retirement, the civil rights activist returned to work at 85 to serve as a park ranger in ...

Betty Reid Soskin worked for the National Park Service as a park ranger from the age of 85 and until her retirement at 100 in ...

Betty Reid Soskin was the agency’s oldest active ranger and, according to The New York Times, “helped shape the creation of a ...