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On a purposeful path: Park ranger Tess Black ’20 builds a career in America’s national parks

Perched on the edge of a boat gliding smoothly out of sunny Northeast Harbor, Maine, Tess Black ’20 commands the attention of the dozens of visitors to Acadia National Park seated around her. “Today, ...
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Betty Reid Soskin, the nation's oldest park ranger, dies at 104

RICHMOND, California — Betty Reid Soskin, once the nation’s oldest active park ranger, has died. She was 104. She worked for the National Park Service as a park ranger from the age of 85 and until her ...