The Ranger's Almanac: Vol. 1

"Every great hike begins with a first step.Every great story begins with an inspiration.This inaugural issue of the Ranger's Almanac, compiled by two Forest Rangers from Pennsylvania, features park and forest-inspired work from award-winning writers, poets, photographers, musicians, and artists. It also includes contributions from the conservation workers who protect these inspiring places.In these pages, you'll find odes to family trips, tales of burned forests reborn, redacted Ranger reports, laugh-out-loud depictions of personified rocks, the world's greatest cookbook, stories of ghost trees...and, yes, Sasquatch. Here, you'll find a snapshot of everything the great outdoors can offer, from humorous to heartbreaking, grand to deeply personal, wild to weird to wacky, often told by those who know these places best.This is The Ranger's Almanac, and these are tales from the trails. Read more