[pct-l] Smoking on the Trail

[BF]

Another telltale of a Ranger who would rather be a cop than a custodian is
their little black gloves, apparently worn to make them look and feel
'tactical'.  This applies to State Park and BLM Rangers as well.

-BF


> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:32:55 -0700
> From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
>
> During my time climbing in Yosemite in the 70s and 80s, we discovered
> that in the National Parks, at least in Yosemite, there were two types
> of Rangers:
>
> 1) the guys with  forestry degrees from Humboldt State who loved the
> outdoors, and primarily did the naturalist role, and were likely to
> spark a doobie with you if you offered
>
> 2) the former Marine Corps MPs who couldn't get jobs with "real"
> police departments because of anger management issues, who did the Law
> Enforcement Officer role, and would just as soon rough you up and
> throw you in jail as look at you, a legacy from the Stoneman Meadow
> riot.
>
> They both wore the same uniform, which made it difficult to tell them
> apart from a distance, though the beard an longer hair on the former
> helped.
>
> This idea that "the Feds" are a uniform group of people who will all
> treat you the same is really not very useful.
>