forest ranger
noun
: an officer charged with the patrolling and guarding of a forest
especially
: one in charge of the management and protection of a portion of a public forest
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At least 59 forest rangers have searched nearly 400 miles by foot, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 May 2025
In addition to the cuts by the Department of the Interior, led by Secretary Doug Burgum, similar cuts were made within the Department of Agriculture, which oversees the U.S. Forest Service and thousands of wildland firefighters and forest rangers.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
Female forest rangers in Indonesia are rare, says Eulis Utami, director of an nongovernmental organization called Hutan Itu Indonesia, or Indonesia is Forest, which aims to educate Indonesians about their tropical rainforest, the world’s third-largest.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2025
Jack De Mave, who portrayed a U.S. forest ranger on Lassie and an unconventional date for Valerie Harper’s Rhoda Morgenstern on the second episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 May 2025
In addition to the cuts by the Department of the Interior, led by Secretary Doug Burgum, similar cuts were made within the Department of Agriculture, which oversees the U.S. Forest Service and thousands of wildland firefighters and forest rangers.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
Female forest rangers in Indonesia are rare, says Eulis Utami, director of an nongovernmental organization called Hutan Itu Indonesia, or Indonesia is Forest, which aims to educate Indonesians about their tropical rainforest, the world’s third-largest.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2025
Jack De Mave, who portrayed a U.S. forest ranger on Lassie and an unconventional date for Valerie Harper’s Rhoda Morgenstern on the second episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Forest ranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forest%20ranger. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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