These junior rangers must pick up the activity booklet from the canteen, the campground, or the ranger station and complete the activities in the booklet. Fish and wildlife service kids have a new junior ranger badge to earn. By becoming a junior ranger, you recognize that yellowstone national park is important for both people and wildlife. Visitors of any age earn a junior ranger patch upon completion. Yellowstone national park oneday lower loop sightseeing. To become a junior ranger complete 3 of the activities shown for your age group.
There is a 12 page booklet that offers a variety of fun activities with little reading and writing required. Yellowstone national park has a selfguided, junior ranger program for visiting children 4 years and older. Upon completion of the booklet, they will be introduced to our visitors over the pa system as our newest junior ranger. The national park service also published an amazing book for kids junior ranger activity book. Requirements include attending a rangerled program, hiking on a park trail or boardwalk, and completing activities in the booklet to learn more about park resources, issues, and concepts such as hydrothermal geology, wildlife, and fire ecology. Participants earn a junior ranger patch or badge by completing the activities and attending rangerled programs. The junior ranger program is divided into three age groups. Are you ready to earn your junior ranger angler badge.
Yellowstone national park announces junior ranger program. The phantom rattler junior ranger patch is a special patch that can only be earned by junior rangers who hike or ride the mules to phantom ranch, at the bottom of grand canyon. From acadia to zion, discover all 59 of the united states amazing national parks in this jampacked book of games, trivia, jokes, fun facts, and so much more, all inspired by the national parks outdoorbased junior ranger program. Although my kids have loved all of the books they especially were eager to get their hands on the junior ranger activity book. Thats why the track of the grizzly bear is one symbol of the junior ranger program. Old faithful junior ranger senior friendly programs. Junior ranger centennial pledge, activity book and badge. Show your booklet to a ranger at the ben reifel visitor center. As a junior ranger you will experience nature firsthand, explore georgias fascinating history and have fun enjoying recreational activities in the outdoors. As part of nps every kid in a park program, admission to all national parks is free for the entire year for fourth graders and their families. The booklet contains 28 pages and your age determines the number of pages to complete. For kids of all ages, the jr ranger program highlights the park features through activities, games, ranger led talks and an activity book. Yellowstone junior rangers forge deep connections to the park.
Yellowstone national park junior ranger and young scientist. Ranger badges in our travels, but sometimes they arent easy to turn in after weve visited different areas of some of the larger parks. How to become a junior ranger as a junior ranger at timpanogos cave, you can help park rangers protect the caves and the land around them. See the parks website for full details and activities. Understand the importance of preserving national parks for future generations. Junior ranger information yellowstone national park forum. We started the week with a bison visiting our campsite and ended it with a drive through south yellowstone and tetons national park. This fun booklet helps children earn cool badges while exploring parks. While the park is closed, we are offering the yellowstone junior ranger program booklet online for you to download and complete at home.
Aug 27, 2019 patches of yellowstone s junior ranger program. Print name yellowstone junior ranger pledge yellowstone national park explore learn. Historic blakeley things to do junior ranger activity booklet. Participants earn a junior ranger patch or badge by completing the activities and attending ranger led programs. One animal that lives in yellowstone, and depends on the park for its future survival is the grizzly bear. Parker worked hard over a two day period to earn his junior ranger badge at yellowstone national park in may 2011. Once the certificate is obtained, a souvenir patch may be purchased in the visitor center bookstore. At yellowstone national park the junior ranger booklet is purchased in a bookstore, located within the park visitor centers. Junior ranger program usa activities lonely planet. A certificate is awarded upon completion of the booklet. Junior ranger program national parks are very special places that protect the most important stories in our nations history and allow all visitors to experience our heritage. And mount rainier national park in washington state offers a citizen. Hike on a park trail or boardwalk, complete the ageappropriate activities on geysers, wildlife and park habitats.
Junior ranger activity booklet national park service. As a yellowstone junior ranger, i promise to do all i can to help preserve and protect yellowstones wildlife and natural features. Requirements include attending a rangerled program, hiking on a park trail or boardwalk, and completing activities in the booklet to learn more about park. One example of a recent junior ranger activity is the eclipse explorer activity booklet, which was available for a variety of parks that were in the path of the 2017 total solar eclipse. Grand canyon junior ranger programs for kids my grand. In addition to the activities in this booklet, complete at least one. For nearly nine decades, some form of junior ranger program has been feeding that ambition among young visitors, offering a chance for kids to. Youngsters learn more about mount rushmore as they explore the memorial through the activities inside. Once we look it over, the national park service will send a limitededition junior ranger centennial badge. The booklets are designed for children between the ages of 5 and 12 years old. Junior ranger program directory spg family adventure. With no upper age limit this program is considered senior friendly.
Ranger activity book this activity book was created exclusively for yellowstone national park. Yellowstone is located 8,000 feet above sea level, so if you arent already acclimated to the higher elevation you should drink plenty of water to avoid altitude sickness. Step 5 your kids will take a junior park ranger oath and receive junior ranger badges sometimes you receive a patch and. Junior ranger state park program activity books and resources. Junior park ranger redwood activity book ages 4 and up u. Step 5 your kids will take a junior park ranger oath and receive junior ranger badges sometimes you. This was my first visit to the park after the busy summer season. I will continue to learn about and care for the natural world even after i leave yellowstone. Yellowstone junior ranger programs for kids my yellowstone park. There are even some junior ranger activities you can complete at home, including. Kids learn about fishing, aquatic habitats and fishing safety. Attend a ranger program or watch one of the park films shown at the ben reifel visitor center. A junior ranger leads others to learn, explore, and care. The garden of the gods junior ranger program is open to children ages 7 to 12.
Even though the centennial has passed, you can still download the centennial junior ranger activity book and then print it out to complete. We started the week with a bison visiting our campsite and ended it with a drive through. Yellowstone junior ranger programs for kids junior ranger program, young scientist program, and ranger led activities for children 4 years old. Puzzles, games, facts, and tons more fun inspired by the u. After completing the booklet send it to the junior ranger program headquarters. Download the booklet and complete as many activities in the book as you can. Participants pick up a junior ranger activity booklet at national park service visitor centers located throughout yellowstone and follow.
Pay the small fee at either the mammoth or old faithful visitor center to obtain the activity booklet or buy it online in advance see link below, and enjoy checking things. The junior ranger program at yellowstone was fantastic. Junior ranger activity book bureau of land management. To become a junior ranger, kids complete tasks which include. National geographic kids national park junior ranger books. While the park is closed, yellowstone national park is offering the yellowstone junior ranger program booklet 7. Kids ages 5 to 12 who complete enough activities earn their junior ranger patches. Step 3 complete the activities in the junior ranger booklet ask a friendly park ranger if you or your kids get stuck on a question or activity step 4 return the junior ranger booklet back to a park ranger.
The parks junior ranger activity booklet guides younger visitors in exploration of the park and features a series of questions to answer along the way that will help them connect with our rich cultural and natural history. This handbook will help you discover why the manhattan project national historical park is one of these special places. Two junior ranger activity booklets are offered at saguaro national park. Historic preservation junior ranger national historic preservation act of 1966 50 year anniversary. The junior ranger program offers downloadable national junior ranger badge booklets to print and complete at home.
Become a junior ranger yellowstone national park u. Official junior ranger yellowstone national park youtube. You must also complete all the activities required for both age groups. Activity paper for ages 8 and up become a yellowstone junior ranger and.
All downloads in this category include junior ranger activity books available in each state park. Complete six or more of the activities in this book at pompeys pillar national monument, at home, or on another piece of public land. Discover that becoming a junior ranger is both fun and. The junior ranger motto is recited by children around the country. If youve never heard of the junior ranger program available at the majority of the national parks to participate in for kids you absolutely need to learn about it. Yellowstone national park in the summer junior ranger. There are even some junior ranger activities you can complete at home, including fascinating topics like the night sky, fossils, and bats. The park was busy, but not nearly as busy as during the summer.
A junior ranger explores the environment around them. At the completion of the program, the junior ranger will receive an official yellowstone junior ranger patch. Activities incorporate important tips on poison oak, beaches, wildlife safety, and much more. Cherry blossom festival at the national mall dc discovering the underground railroad junior ranger program. Rangers marc and debbie helped make the adventure cool. Yellowstone junior rangers forge deep connections to the. Inviting the youngest park visitors to become a member of the national park service family, the junior ranger program gives kids and families the opportunity to uniquely explore and learn about their national parks, and how they can help protect them today and into the future. See more ideas about ranger, national parks and activities. How to become a junior ranger using this activity book as your guide, complete the checklist below. Two of them enjoyed the programs very much and actively participated in.
Adults, feel free to participate along with your jr. For those who are considering having their children participate in these, here is a bit of information. Junior ranger program, yellowstone national park alltrips. Bring national park fun to your computer as a webranger. At each of these national sites, the junior ranger program is offered. Travel junior ranger senior friendly programs page 8. My kids were all 10 years old on this trip i have 3. The junior ranger programs are activities prepared especially for 5 to 12yearold visitors to the properties of the national park service. Requirements include attending a ranger led program, hiking on a park trail or boardwalk, and completing activities in the booklet to learn more about park resources, issues, and concepts such as hydrothermal geology, wildlife, and fire ecology. Nps nasa junior ranger spaceflight explorer program. Kids love this book because they get to color, do mazes.
Underground railroad junior ranger activity bookkids learn about the. Junior ranger patch while exploring in yellowstone national park. Jun 20, 2017 the phantom rattler junior ranger patch is a special patch that can only be earned by junior rangers who hike or ride the mules to phantom ranch, at the bottom of grand canyon. Kids can earn a very cool badge through this renowned and worthwhile program in yellowstone. The junior ranger program is open to children from the ages of 5 12 years old. A junior ranger cares for the land and its resources. Two of them enjoyed the programs very much and actively participated in and completed each booklet. This program is a way to introduce childrenand those. Tasks include completing an activity book with questions and games, attending a ranger talk and doing a hike.
Saguaro national park junior ranger program junior ranger. Upon completing select activities, kids can bring the booklet to any national park visitor center to receive an official junior ranger badge. Junior ranger program, young scientist program, and rangerled activities for children 4 years old. Learn interesting facts about yellowstone s wildlife, plants, and geology.
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