Ranger Texas
Fire Picture Gallery
The Ranger Hills fire was ignited on August 29 when this overheating Surburban leaked flammable fluids which flowed downhill, also igniting a semi-tractor truck. ... [Read More]
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When you arrive in the park, stop by the National Park Visitor Center in Johnson City or the LBJ State Park and Historic Site Visitor Center near Stonewall. Ask a park ranger for your junior ranger booklet. It is free to children ages 5 through 10 years old. You will then be ready to begin your junior ranger training! Complete at least 6 actvities in the booklet. Regularly scheduled house tours and guided bus tours, wild flower walks, and ranger talks are among the activities offered that will help you complete your booklet. Ask the ranger for information about tour times. ... [Read More]
Press Releases
Eachcamping area will be signed, and a no shooting safety zone will be paintedaround the designated camping location. Aninformation bulletin board will be provided at the entrance to the largercamping areas. The ranger said that scattered single and small multiplecampsites about the forest pose hazards to campers. He said many hunters enter the forest in darkness and cannot know whereeveryone is camping. “Hunters mayinadvertently shoot towards dispersed hunter camps,” he said. Other safety issues are also part of the consideration Donnahoe said. “Many years during the hunting season, conditions are hazardous forwildfires. The designated campsiteswill facilitate contacts with campers when necessary to advise them of hazardousfire conditions or to notify them of other emergency situations,” he said. Maps of the 30 proposed designated temporary campsites can be viewed on thewebsite at www.sout ... [Read More]
Semiannual Report to Congress October 1, 2000 – March 31, 2001
The OIG pays tribute to Texas Ranger Sergeant Israel Pacheco, Jr.,McAllen, Texas, for his assistance to the OIG McAllen Field Office during abribery investigation of a U.S. Marshals Service employee and her husband, a U.S.Customs Service Investigations special agent. During September 2000, these twofederal employees contacted one of Ranger Pacheco’s confidential informants andoffered to sell sensitive judicial information about a convicted drug felon inexchange for $5,000. An intensive investigation resulted in severalOIG-controlled meetings in which Ranger Pacheco’s informant made recordedundercover bribery payments directly to the Customs Service special agent. Bothfederal employees were arrested and subsequently pled guilty. ... [Read More]
"Oh, Ranger!" ("Oh, Ranger!")
Ranger Joe Douglas was crossing Yellowstone Lake onskis in the dead of winter. He came to a place where the snow was blownoff the ice. Skis are of no use on the ice, so Doug unstrapped them andcarried them over his shoulders while he walked across the ice. In anunwary moment, he plunged through an air-hole into the icy water. Theskis bridged the hole and undoubtedly saved his life. Clinging to them,Doug cautiously pulled himself from the water and trudged on, his wetclothes frozen stiff about his body. Reaching the shore, he dug throughfour feet of snow, located some wood, built a fire, undressed, and stoodthere naked while his clothes dried by the blaze. "It's a wonder you didn't freeze, Doug," someonesaid, when the ranger told his story. "Naw, it wasn't cold," he retorted. "It was one ofthe warmest days of the winter—only 'bout seven below zero!" To the public, the ranger is one of the most romanticfigures in life. The name "ranger" probably originated in England. InColonial ... [Read More]
THECB > Program Inventory
All Public Community and Technical Colleges All Public Universities and Health-Related Institutions Alamo Community College District -- Northwest Vista College Alamo Community College District -- Palo Alto College Alamo Community College District -- San Antonio College Alamo Community College District -- St. Philip's College Alvin Community College Amarillo College Angelina College Angelo State University Austin Community College Coastal Bend College Blinn College Brazosport College Central Texas College District Cisco Junior College Clarendon College College of the Mainland Collin County Community College District Dallas County Community College District -- Brookhaven College Dallas County Community College District -- Cedar Valley College Dallas County Community College District -- Eastfield College Dallas County Community College District -- El Centro College Dallas County Community College District -- Mountain View College Dallas County Community College District -- North Lake Coll ... [Read More]
"Oh, Ranger!" ("Oh, Ranger!")
One day a local celebrity from an eastern city wassmitten with the urge to write his name upon the cone of Old Faithful, aplace where the name would endure for several years before the geysercould eliminate it by natural processes. This man was caught red-handedby a ranger who arrested him. He was offered the choice of mixing upsome soapsuds and scrubbing the name off the cone or going before theUnited States Commissioner for prosecution. He sputtered considerablyabout his rights, but finally decided to use the soapsuds, influencedlargely by the fact that if he appeared before the judge and were fined,his name would be in the papers and he would become celebrated in amanner that did not appeal to him. Nevertheless, it was humiliating tohave to scrub a geyser cone before a large and not too friendlyaudience, and before the job was done he was angry all through. He cameto headquarters to protest about the tyranny of the rangers. "It's about what you'd expect from these rangers," hesaid. ... [Read More]
Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Facilities
Small Ranger Station where visitors may obtain backcountry permits, or information about the area. Ranger on duty but may not be at the contact station.Restroom available. ... RANGER STATIONS ... Dog Canyon Ranger Station ... [Read More]
USDA Forest Service www.symbols.gov Program Information Pages
Montana - Custer National Forest, Beartooth Ranger District ... Mississippi - National Forests in Mississippi, De Soto Ranger District ... Junior Forest Ranger ... [Read More]
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (National Park Service)
For thousands of years, people came to the red bluffs above the Canadian River for flint, vital to their existence. Demand for the high quality, rainbow-hued flint is reflected in the distribution of Alibates Flint through the Great Plains and beyond. Today this area is protected by the National Park Service and is the only National Monument in Texas. The monument can only be viewed by ranger-led guided tours. Tours are offered by reservation only, please give us plenty of time to arrange a tour. Call the park at (806) 857-3151. No fees charged. ... [Read More]
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