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| What's a Junior Ranger? |
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The Junior Ranger program gives kids a chance to explore a state park. By becoming a Junior Ranger, 6-12 year old visitors will get involved with plants, animals and park protection. The Junior Ranger program is run at most state park campgrounds by park staff and hosts. Be careful, though ... rumor has it being Junior Ranger is so much fun, grown men and women have been masquerading as kids to get in. We may have to start asking for ID.
Be a Junior Ranger brochure (307kb pdf)
Junior Ranger permission form (53 kb pdf)
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| Junior Ranger Duties |
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After young visitors enroll in the program, they receive a Junior Ranger Passport. By completing activities, they receive passport stamps. When they fill their passport with stamps, the Junior Rangers receives awards. Activities include:
- Discover a park "secret"
- Recycle garbage
- Attend a park program and learn about the environment
- Find and identify three special plants or animals
- Keep your part of the park clean
A passport is available at selected state parks from the Park Host or Park staff.
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| Awards |
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Aside from the deep, personal satisfaction every Junior Ranger feels after filling a passport page with stamps, there's the cool stuff that goes with it.
Each time Junior Rangers complete an activity, their passports will be stamped by a Park Host or other staff. When the first page has four stamps, the young visitor shows the passport to park staff person and receives:
- The Junior Ranger badge
- The secret Junior Ranger greeting
On the next camping trip, the Junior Ranger can complete another activity page. On the third trip, the youth can finish the last activity page and show the finished passport to park staff to get:
- The Junior Ranger patch
- A special certificate signed by J.R. Beaver
Who's J.R. Beaver? We were hoping you'd ask ...
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| J.R. Beaver |
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This is the mascot of the Junior Ranger Program. J.R. helps the children through their duties and delivers information about natural resources to them. J.R. has been pretty busy in other ways, too. The Beaver has been sighted in the last year at county fairs and expos, local schools and parades. Call your local park office about the possibility of a J.R. appearance in your neck of the woods.
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| Junior Ranger Web Site |
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The new Junior Ranger website is online! Great games, activities you can print out and take along on your next trip, park activity lists ... it´s all ready to go! Jump to the Junior Ranger website.
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| For more information |
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For a free brochure on the program, call 1-800-551-6949 or send an e-mail.
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