{"id":9356,"date":"2015-11-13T13:54:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T18:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=9356"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:58:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:58:06","slug":"maryland-park-service-graduates-24-new-park-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/11\/13\/maryland-park-service-graduates-24-new-park-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Park Service Graduates 24 New Park Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Secretary<\/a>

Secretary Mark Belton addressing 24 new rangers<\/p><\/div>\n

Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton addressed 24 new rangers who graduated from the month-long Maryland Park Ranger School<\/a> at a ceremony at New Germany State Park in Grantsville. Comprised of both new and veteran state park employees, the graduates\u00a0have devoted themselves to protecting the state\u2019s historic and natural resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to congratulate the new park rangers on their graduation,\u201d Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton said. \u201cAs rangers, they will conserve, manage and protect some of Maryland’s most treasured places, providing excellence in customer service throughout our network of 66 state parks \u2500 a network that generates more than $650 million annually.\u201d<\/p>\n

The four-week academy incorporated classroom instruction with practical experiences. Students experienced real life scenarios and instruction involving resource management, search and rescue, campground operations, park maintenance, resource interpretation and diversity in education.<\/p>\n

The graduation marked the ninth class of new rangers since the program was reinstated in 2009.<\/p>\n

Graduates by work region:<\/strong>
\nCentral<\/strong>
\nMatthew Grden, Elk Neck State Park
\nDiana Marsteller, Fair Hill NRMA
\nMichael Hyde, Gunpowder Falls State Park
\nAshlee Reinke, Gunpowder Falls State Park
\nTravis Watts, Gunpowder Falls State Park
\nBen Wood, Gunpowder Falls State Park
\nErik Ledbetter, North Point State Park
\nSarah McCarthy, Patapsco Valley State Park
\nMichelle Ramirez, Patapsco Valley State Park<\/p>\n

Eastern Shore<\/strong>
\nMarc Heim, Assateague State Park
\nDana Paterra, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park
\nSarah Pocock, Janes Island State Park
\nLisa Dennis, Pocomoke River State Park
\nPatrick Marshall, Pocomoke River State Park
\nEric Waciega, Sandy Point State Park<\/p>\n

Southern<\/strong>
\nFrederick Banks, Maryland Park Service Annapolis Headquarters
\nChristina Holden, Maryland Park Service Annapolis Headquarters
\nRobert Doneth, Point Lookout State Park
\nLuke Terrell, Point Lookout State Park
\nDanny Jones, Southern Maryland Recreational Complex<\/p>\n

Western<\/strong>
\nAaron Mills, Deep Creek Lake State Park
\nAndrea Townsley-Sapp, Deep Creek Lake State Park
\nMatt Tillett, New Germany State Park
\nBrian White, New Germany State Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton addressed 24 new rangers who graduated from the month-long Maryland Park Ranger School at a ceremony at New Germany State Park in Grantsville. Comprised of both new and veteran state park employees, the graduates\u00a0have devoted themselves to protecting the state\u2019s historic and natural resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-parks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9356"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9366,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9356\/revisions\/9366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}