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Our Website is Under Construction
Be Patient!
Please bear with us while our website is being rebuilt. This should be accomplished by June 1, but in the meantime there will be limited information and updates posted there. We will provide necessary updates frequently by these newsletters until we can update the website.
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Spring "Fund-Ranger"
Campaign is Open for
One More Month
Goal is $8000. $1500 Raised So Far
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Dear ANPR family,
ANPR's Spring "Fund-Ranger" campaign is underway now through May 31, and one of our top priorities is raising money for the Rick Smith Honorary International Fund. Here's why! The International Ranger Federation (IRF) hosts a World Ranger Congress about every three years, and the 10th WRC is scheduled to be in the Azores, Portugal in June 2023. This is an amazing opportunity to meet and learn from rangers of protected areas all over the world. With political tensions high worldwide, the WRC provides a place for all of the world's rangers to come together in solidarity and bond over the work they love. ANPR plans to provide scholarships to members who would like to attend next year’s WRC. In 2019, ANPR awarded scholarships to four ANPR members and a few rangers from Latin America, which helped them attend the WRC in Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
ANPR also maintains an active and ongoing relationship with the Ranger Foundation and has provided financial support since it formed. During this Covid-19 pandemic, ANPR has given a handful of grants to the Ranger Foundation which in turn have been given to families of park rangers in Latin America who have died from Covid-19. We hope that this support will help keep these families on their feet during a very difficult time.
Any size donation to the Rick Smith Honorary International Fund will help us to continue providing both scholarships to the WRC and financial support to the families of Latin American Rangers. Thank you!
Thank you for your support through the years!
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Ranger Rendezvous Program Beginning to Take Shape
Ranger Rendezvous 45 - Into The Sun
(Logo design: Junior Ranger, with roughly 250 badges under her belt, Margarete Schuler is 15 years old and finishing her Junior year. She has spent the majority of the last 9 years traveling around the U.S. enjoying her time living in and/or volunteering in 9 National Park units.)
ANPR’s Ranger Rendezvous 45 will be held at the Westward Look Resort in Tucson, Arizona. The inclusive dates are October 24-30, 2022. Here are a few details:
- October 24-26: Training Courses
- October 26: Board of Directors meeting
- October 27, 29 and 30: Rendezvous Program, including keynote speakers, panel sessions, breakout sessions, movie night, trivia night, receptions, awards and hospitality room
- October 28: Field trips to nearby parks or other attractions, personal interest time
- October 28 (evening) – 30 (noon): Exhibitors
The Westward Look Resort is one of the premier properties in Tucson. Learn more about it by going to this link and book room reservations using this link. Room rates are $106 (exclusive of tax) per night.
We have invited Congressman Raúl Grijalva, Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee. We have invited NPS Director Sams and Associate Directors Flynn, Medema, Moss and Caldwell. Other important speakers are being invited for keynote presentations, panels and breakout sessions. Here are some of the presentations being planned:
- Update on NPS Hiring and USAJobs
- Update on NPS Housing
- Cross-border conservation with Mexico
- Indigenous co-management of NPS park areas and programs
- Giving voice to underrepresented groups
- Protecting gorillas and rangers in the Congo
- Supervision and Leadership
- Lessons in crisis communications
- Climate change impacts on parks
- Travels with Freeman Tilden
- History of public lands in the US
- Innovative methods for protecting turtles in Nicaragua
- A "dark sky" presentation
- An authors panel
- And much more...
The traditional Rendezvous raffle and auction will operate during the main presentation days, and the hospitality room will be open each evening. The super raffle drawing will be held Saturday evening, the 29 th.
NPS parks close by include Saguaro NP (East and West units); Tumacacori NM; Organ Pipe Cactus NM; Coronado NM; Chiricahua NM; and Casa Grande NM. The Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum is a major attraction, and the Western Archeological and Conservation Center is in Tucson, along with the headquarters of the Western National Parks Association.
Contact bwade@anpr.org if you are interested in exhibiting, sponsoring RR activities, donating raffle/auction items; or with questions.
Updates on the ANPR website and registration information will be available by June 1, when the website reconstruction is completed. In the meantime, newsletters will keep you updated.
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ALERT!
ANPR's super raffle will open June 1. We already have several great prizes:
- Eight-day, seven-night rafting trip in the Grand Canyon valued at $3300.
- One-week stay in cabin just outside Yellowstone National Park valued at $1200.
- A "roll-your-own" trip. ANPR contributes up to $1800 - you can add more and determine who, when, where and how long.
Other prizes are available and more will be added as the open raffle progresses. Drawing will be Saturday night, October 29 at the Ranger Rendezvous in Tucson. You do not have to be present to win.
Stay tuned for additional information and your opportunity to donate for tickets.
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The University of Central Florida - The Indigenous Rangers Project
If you are an indigenous ranger, your assistance in this project is needed. If you know any indigenous rangers, please pass this information on to them.
You are being invited to voluntarily take part in a research study. The purpose of this research is to examine perceptions and experiences of indigenous rangers. You are being asked to participate because of your experience working in protected and conservation areas. The data you provide will be valuable for strengthening conservation efforts. You are being asked to participate in an interview that will be recorded. This interview will be conducted online through virtual conferencing software (e.g., Skype, Zoom), telephone, or mobile app (e.g., WhatsApp, Viber). You can conduct the interview in a setting and time of your choice. The interview is expected to last approximately 30-60 minutes, and your responses will be confidential.
You must be 18 years of age or older, a ranger who self-identifies to be indigenous/aboriginal, and a ranger who is responsible for front-line conservation management and monitoring efforts.
If you would like to participate in the study, please contact:
William Moreto, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, College of Community Innovation and Education, by email at william.moreto@ucf.edu.
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Free cruises to Alaska are still available!
ANPR's arrangement to provide presenters on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Alaska Inland Passage seven-day cruises still has a number of openings during the late summer and early fall - a great time to experience the Inland Passage and the ports along the way. If you are interested, contact bwade@anpr.org for details.
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Coming up...Watch for:
- ANPR's photo contest
- Supernagh scholarships to the Ranger Rendezvous
And much more in upcoming newsletters.
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