including bear, moose, caribou, and sheep. to keep two legged visitors happy, the park designated one third of the land as wilderness allowing for a true experience of the great outdoors. i can t wait to get to work. got to put on the uniform for you. your name tag is the important starting point. so all the people know your name. so they can report me to you. exactly. you re going to be set up an all-star cast. we ve got a really broad array of rangers to give you a deep dive into what does it really mean to be a park ranger. we ve got everything from accountants to about 20 different flavors of ologists. gla glacierologist, people who specialize in caribou. what parting advice do i need? this is your place.
and you know your badge is larger than mine, and so your badge is bigger so you will be as old as i am, and you will be able to tell your kids about being a park ranger. that is why it is important. all right. all right. bake, bake, bake beans. cheers. to me, this is what the national parks are all about. to come to a place like this with the people that you love to share it with, and to have the time that you have like i have had with my son which is amazing, and for me, it doesn t get any better than this. how about some s mores, buddy? i like the fire. i know, it is nice. it is one of my favorite things.
glaciers are predicted to be gone from the glacier national park within 25 years. yeah. josh wa trees may not be able to persist in joshua tree national park. increasing storms, national fires. these places are protected for future generations. and what s really interesting about that is that that means that you need to let the people in. let them experience it. let them have a personal connection to these places. and that s why we really talk about relevancy in the second century. it s all about providing that same opportunity for this next generation. right. to get people like me to take their kids. take their kids. that s right. you re key to this. get that kid of yours. get that kid out there. that ipad out of his hand and get him outside. thank you, sir. absolute pleasure. dr. jarvis inspired me. in addition to working as a park
part of my job is to ensure these places are protected for future generations. and what s really interesting about that is that that means that you need to let the people in. let them experience it. let them have a personal connection to these places. and that s why we really talk about relevancy in the second century. it s all about providing that same opportunity for this next generation. right. to get people like me to take their kids. take their kids. that s right. you re key to this. get that kid of yours. get that kid out there. get that, pad out of his hand and get him outside. awesome. thank you, sir. absolute pleasure. director jarvis has inspired me. in addition to working as a park ranger, i m also going to do my part to get a young person excited about the park service. i m going to take my video
competition out there. these days, when you think of a park, you think of amusement or theme. heck, this is what my family vacations look like. so i have to wonder, in this day and age, are the national parks still relevant? in order to find out, i m going to go behind the scenes of the national park service and there s only one way to do that. by becoming a park ranger. i need to get an overview of the park service itself. this may look like the national mall, but it s actually a national park. and i m in d.c. to meet the person in charge of it all. america s highest ranking park ranger, national park service director, josh. this is a great place to meet somebody. in the shade, one of the iconic symbols of all of washington, d.c. a little bit of the insider