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Chickasaw National Recreation AreaFoot bridge near Buffalo Spring
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Professional Development

professional development includes:

Teacher-Ranger-Teacher Program
 
 
female park ranger talking to young boy

NPS/Chickasaw National Recreation Area

2009 Teacher-Ranger-Teacher, Amy Trenkle, talks with young Junior Ranger.

Teachers selected for the Teacher Ranger Teacher program spend the summer in national parks as uniformed park rangers. Then, during the school year, these Teacher Rangers bring the parks into the classroom through lessons that draw on their summer’s experience.
Park Ranger Forest Townsley at Platt National Park, 1910  

Did You Know?
In 1904 Forest Townsley was appointed the first park ranger in Platt National Park [the Platt Historic District in today's Chickasaw National Recreation Area]. In 1913 he transferred to Yosemite National Park, where he later became Chief Ranger.
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Last Updated: August 20, 2009 at 16:03 EST