Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra.NATURE NOIR: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra JORDAN FISHER SMITH Most people view U.S. national parks Areas in the United States are preserved by a variety of federal departments and are titled with a large area of different designations. Many of the most spectacular and significant landscapes are designated National Parks; some of the wildest are designated wilderness areas. as places of unspoiled nature and peacefulness. As a park ranger A park ranger is a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands, forests (then called a forest ranger), wilderness areas, as well as other natural resources and protected cultural resources. , Smith became well acquainted with the darker side of the parklands. Smith recounts his 14 years as a park ranger charged with protecting 48 miles of shore and 42,000 acres of California canyons along the American River
tr.v. dis·en·chant·ed, dis·en·chant·ing, dis·en·chants To free from illusion or false belief; undeceive. [Obsolete French desenchanter, from Old French, with big-government spending in the late 1970s and early 1980s. One of the most personal parts of the story is the author's account of his battle against Lyme disease Lyme disease, a nonfatal bacterial infection that causes symptoms ranging from fever and headache to a painful swelling of the joints. The first American case of Lyme's characteristic rash was documented in 1970 and the disease was first identified in a cluster at , which he acquired on the job. Houghton Mifflin, 2005, 216 p., hardcover, $24,00. |
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