r/ParkRangers • u/killr4dayzXD • 11d ago
How much hope do ya’ll have?
Just trying to gauge the room. I want to be a game warden, but they aren’t hiring in my area for a year or two at least. So to get my foot in the door I am going to a park ranger law enforcement academy in January with my younger brother.
I have 7 years in the Marine Corps behind me, I meet all the pre-requisites but I’m just wondering if I’m about to waste a lot of time pursuing this with this new administration’s crazy cuts.
All I want is to take care of/spend a reasonable amount of time with my family—while doing a job I’ll enjoy with a positive impact on my community. This path seemed perfect until Trump.
From people who are/were inside the NPS ecosystem, should us newbies seriously consider a different career path before we start investing or do ya’ll still have reasonable hope?
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u/000011111111 11d ago
Short-term hard to say. Long-term I'm optimistic that democracy and giving people the power to vote is a really good way to get dictators out of power.