A rainbow box full of happy mail for park rangers 🌈💖
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This is the type of experience #shejumps supports! Girls empowered to test themselves and learn new skills!

Celebrate Women’s History Month! #SheJumps has a goal of 240 donations in 24 hours!
I’ve witnessed the power of SheJumps programs in the Black Hills— through the programs offered with #blackhillsparks we have connected 100s of women and girls to the outdoors! give.shejumps.org/campaign/667...

I can’t get that headline out of my head 🫠😵‍💫🤬

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Saturdays weather warning (wildfire evacuations) vs today’s weather warning (winter storm)

#climatechange

My favorite quote right now “we are the leaders we’ve been waiting for” -RR

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I think it means even more coming from this particular ranger too, he doesn’t express much emotion but I could tell it had a meaningful impact on him!

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I just had a ranger at Wind Cave say how nice it was to get a thoughtful email the other day “I don’t need anything from you, just wanted to let you know I care…”

I love your meadowlark wall!!! 😍 👏🏻Looking forward to their seasonal return soon!

Absolutely!! ❤️

My ranger list grows. Heartbreaking, Lydia is an amazing human and Ranger 💔

Lydia has a heart of gold, and is so dedicated to NPS. She is an amazing ranger and even better person. Watching friends lose their jobs is gut wrenching 😭🤬I’m glad news outlets are sharing her story

A fluffy cat stretches out on the sidewalk in the warm sun

My best pal in the neighborhood. She swears she doesn’t eat any songbirds or small mammals…. We have many things in common like often being covered in dirt and leaves

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.

100% of his salary is paid by WA state.

Elon fired him. Share his story.

I wish I could tell the moon how much I like it

Have not kept up with my nature journaling this week (because chaos and governmental collapse…) but I took a John Muir Laws “Sketching Birds” class to make up. This is why it’s a learned skill 😅, looking forward to practicing with feeder friends 🐦💚

Those colors 👏🏻💖🤩

A tan National Park Service ranger hat with a black band rests on a wooden surface, slightly out of focus. Overlaid on the image is a quote from Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service, titled "SEND A RANGER." If a trail is to be blazed, it is "send a ranger." If an animal is floundering in the snow, a ranger is sent to pull him out; if a bear is in the hotel, if a fire threatens a forest, if someone is to be saved, it is "send a ranger." If a Dude wants to know the why of Nature's ways, if a Sagebrusher is puzzled about a road, his first thought is, "ask a ranger." Everything the ranger knows, he will tell you, except about himself. The Black Hills Parks & Forests Association logo appears in the bottom right corner.

For over a century, when the land called, a ranger answered.

- Protecting "America’s Best Idea" with #NationalParks.
- "Caring for the Land & Serving People" with USFS.
- As stewards, guides, firefighters, educators, & guardians of our shared heritage.

This week, thousands were abruptly let go. 🧵

This so effing heartbreaking 💔 You’re passion and dedication is what the USFWS needs now more than ever!!!! Tomorrows call’s to senator Thune are for you 🤯😵‍💫🤬💪🏻

Thank you for all your service! It doesn’t go unnoticed ❤️

Women's Adventure Film Tour coming to the Black Hills A collection of short films featuring women adventuring in the outdoors is screening at the Custer Beacon on Feb. 15, 2025.

In the Black Hills this Saturday (2/15) and need something to do? Come on over to the Custer Beacon for the Women's Adventure Film Tour!

Check out this article by SDPB featuring our very own Andrea Fountain to learn more:
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Women's Adventure Film Tour coming to the Black Hills A collection of short films featuring women adventuring in the outdoors is screening at the Custer Beacon on Feb. 15, 2025.

Love the shoutout from South Dakota Public Broadcasting! @blackhillsparks.bsky.social

If you can’t make the film we’re highlighting summer adventures for Women and non-binary folks, check out the link for more details.

#keepdoingthework #shejumps

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Walk where ancient creatures roamed—then turn their textures into art! 🏜️🎨

Join acclaimed textile artist Julia Andreas at Agate Fossil Beds on Feb 8 (12-3 PM) for a free hands-on rug tufting workshop! Explore the landscape, see it through an artist’s lens, and create something inspired by the land.

I went up Turtlehead last Sunday! Snuck in early, so didn’t need a reservation. It was the perfect morning, and highlight of my week in the Vegas area! Red Rock is super special place 💖🤩

Elon musk isn’t elected.

He’s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches.

And right now he’s locked himself in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check.

A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico As the U.S. Treasury considers putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill to honor her role in the northbound underground railroad, new attention is being paid to the often overlooked southbound route.

Most escaped enslaved people went to Canada, but some went to Mexico.

"In Mexico, you could be free. They didn't care what color you was — black, white, yellow or blue. Hundreds of slaves did go to Mexico and got on all right."

#BlackHistoryMonth #Mexico

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