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[quote=Anonymous]Once she is in high school or college, look into the Student Conservation Association-they set up work groups in parks for high school kids, and summer internships for college-aged kids in national parks. While I was in college I spent one summer working as an SCA interpretative ranger i, it was great, I basically had the same responsibilities as the "real" seasonal rangers, and then the next summer I got hired as a regular GS grade seasonal ranger by the NPS.  While an SCA I got free room and a stipend to cover food etc, so at least I didn't lose money on the summer, and it was a wonderful job.

Within the park service there are several tracks-the "interpreters" are the rangers giving walks and talks and working in visitor center, and then "enforcement" are the rangers working at entrance stations and patrolling campgrounds etc, more like police.  Interpreters tend to have forestry/wildlife biology/environmental sciences degrees (and many seasonal rangers are teachers during the school year), and enforcement types are more generalists or have some background in law enforcement.  Then the 3rd group is maintenance, i.e. picking up trash, fixing trucks, fixing structures.

It is a hard life if decide to pursue as a full-time career. You get moved around from place to place a lot, pay is not great until at a pretty high level and the budget has been slashed over the past 30 years.[/quote]

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