Junior ranger program

[Anonymous]

Can someone tell me more about it? We are in DMV area. Is that cub scout equivalent but parent led? Cub scout or Junior ranger, which one is better?

[Anonymous]

Do you mean the National Park Service Jr Ranger badges/patches? It’s not an equivalent to a scouting program.

You visit a National Park and ask for the activity book at the info center. Complete the activities and turn it in to get a park-specific badge/patch. It’s fun for kids, but in no way a formalized program.

And the way things are going, may be cut soon anyway.

If there’s some other Junior Ranger program you were talking about, my apologies. But this is what I thought of when I heard Junior Ranger.

[Anonymous]

The only thing I’d add to PP is that the ranger swears you mod in with the junior ranger oath which is cool. I hope rather than phasing it out they will just charge for the materials. At least one of the parks charges &2 for the booklet, which seems reasonable and probably a good way to avoid people just talking it if they don’t want to do it.
I’m a huge fan of NPS and the junior ranger program. I’ve been a junior ranger since about 1982.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean the National Park Service Jr Ranger badges/patches? It’s not an equivalent to a scouting program.

You visit a National Park and ask for the activity book at the info center. Complete the activities and turn it in to get a park-specific badge/patch. It’s fun for kids, but in no way a formalized program.

And the way things are going, may be cut soon anyway.

If there’s some other Junior Ranger program you were talking about, my apologies. But this is what I thought of when I heard Junior Ranger.

Op here. I think that is the program I am talking about. Thank you. I am still debating if I have the time to commit to cub scout. DS will not want to sign up anything if I don't plan any.