The Resource Stewardship Girl Scout Ranger (Girl Scout Ranger) program engages Girl Scouts in educational, volunteer service, or action projects in national parks.

Girl Scout Ranger program aims to:

• Spark girls’ curiosity and interest in conserving wildlife and our natural and cultural resources.
• Increase visitation and attract diverse Girl Scouts to national park sites.
• Promote environmental science and conservation career exploration.
• Empower girls to protect our national park sites through sustainable volunteer service or action.

Through participation in this program, girls discover a lot about themselves and the uniqueness of national park sites and what they help preserve. Girls connect by working with National Park Service staff or volunteers and each other to determine what they can do to help protect these resources—and girls take action implementing projects that develop them into leaders and help the parks. 

To recognize their leadership efforts and resource stewardship activities, girls earn certificates and/or patches for their involvement in educational, volunteer or action projects. Projects can include joining a park ranger on an exploratory nature walk focused on trees or devising a plan with the park to remove invasive plants—helping to protect the native species. The opportunities to build girls as leaders through these projects are endless.

Earn a certificate or patch
Participate in an educational program, volunteer service or action project
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The Girl Scout Ranger program is a cooperative effort between the National Park Service (NPS) and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA) and is a component of the GSUSA’s Elliott Wildlife Values Project Linking Girls to the Land program. 

Girl Scout Ranger Program Handout