# FOREST RANGER'S JOB, THE

FOREST RANGER'S JOB, THE Produced: 1928 Description Describes a composite day in the life of a ranger. He patrols; repairs a telephone line; inspects "free-use" fence posts; helps another ranger build an addition to his station; estimates the value of a government timber tract; measures timber for official records; counts animals entering a grazing area; checks campgrounds; acts as Mayor for people with summer homes in the forest; helps to survey and build new roads, trails, and bridges; and checks a fire cache. Seasonal tasks include patrols into the high country during the summer and ski trips in winter. A ranger cooks over a campfire. Shows how the ranger's wife assists him in his work. Men fight a forest fire in Arapaho National Forest. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7166

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1928
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/33-194)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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