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

Resistance Rangers requesting signatures in letter to DOI secretary

Resistance Rangers, a group of independent rangers and park professionals fighting back against recent unfair firings in the NPS, reiterates the need for the DOI to comply with reinstating those illegally fired employees.

ANPR welcomes displaced NPS professionals with free membership

Were you illegally terminated on the Valentine's Day massacre? Even if you've been reinstated, ANPR wants to welcome you with a free membership.

Site offers reviews of potential park housing

Need park housing? Start here.

Disaster relief available to ANPR members for wildfire relief

Relief fund intended for members affected by any number of natural disasters

Strategic planning brainstorming session canceled

See all news and events.

News Releases

Former NPS Directors to Secretary Burgum: Recent Order Is “Contradictory With The Law And The Intent Of Congress”

08 May 2025

Five former directors of the National Park Service sent a letter today to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum stating that his recent order is “Contradictory With The Law And The Intent Of Congress. The letter also was signed by eight deputy directors.

ANPR urges Trump administration to continue air quality monitoring in national parks

07 May 2025

Air quality monitoring is vital to continued healthy and safety of our national parks

Hello in There Foundation supports ANPR's Ranger Relief Fund

22 Apr 2025

Proceeds from limited-edition John Print Tribute Collection aims to support rangers

Don't blink: Your NPS is being annihilated before your very eyes

24 Mar 2025

DOGE is attempting to dismantle our parks: Don't sit by and let it happen.

Stewardship Archive to safeguard essential public lands information

19 Mar 2025

Amid growing concern about the removal of public information related to climate change and other topics from the websites of federal agencies charged with protecting the country’s public lands, waters, and places of cultural heritage, the George Wright society has created The Stewardship Archive.

ANPR's Krumenaker gives testimony on FLASH Act

11 Mar 2025

Retired Big Bend NP superintendent Bob Krumenaker, on behalf of himself, the Association of National Park Rangers and the Coalition to Protect America's Parks, said Title I of the proposed FLASH Act takes a blunt, one-size-fits-all approach to border security that is inefficient and infeasible, especially given recent staffing cuts.

ANPR, NPCA joint letter to Acting NPS Director Jessica Bowron

04 Mar 2025

Associations ask Bowron to reinstate all displaced NPS employees.

Where are the rangers? The sad tale of your national parks this summer

18 Feb 2025

No picture of America's national parks is complete unless it includes rangers.

Wall Street Journal talks with ANPR about hiring freeze

10 Feb 2025

Article titled, "How Trump’s Hiring Freeze Could Affect Your Trip to a National Park" Halt hits seasonal workers at parks, where staff shortages can mean fewer visitor programs, neglected bathrooms and closed trails

Federal hiring freeze could block seasonal staffing

05 Feb 2025

Bellingham Herald reporter Daniel Schrager talks to ANPR about the possible effects of Trump's federal hiring freeze

Be a Park Ranger

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.

Become a Park Ranger

Become a Member

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.

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Ranger Rendezvous

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.

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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.

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