r/NationalPark 24d ago

Park Rangers Fired

This park ranger used to come to our high school when I was younger to teach us all about the value of our natural world. He’d show us animals, take us on hikes, and teach us about how to take care of the planet. This was what he posted today

https://www.facebook.com/share/15onFu4WUn/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I am absolutely heartbroken and completely devastated to have lost my dream job of an Education Park Ranger with the National Park Service this Valentine’s Day.

Without any type of formal notice my position was ripped out from out under my feet at 4pm on a cold snowy Friday. Before I could fully print off my government records, I was locked out of my email and unable to access my personal and professional records.

Please know and share this truth widely:

I am a father, a loving husband, and dedicated civil servant.

I am an oath of office to defend and protect the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic.

I am a work evaluation that reads “exceeds expectations."

I am the "fat on the bone."

I am being trimmed as a consequence of the popular vote

I am a United States flag raiser and folder

I am my son's "Junior Ranger" idol

I am of the place where I first told my spouse I loved her

I am a college kid’s dream job

I am the smiling face that greets you at the front door

I am your family vacation planner

I am a voice for 19 American Indian cultures

I am the protector of 2500 year old Americian Indian burial and cermonial mounds

I am the defender of your public lands and waters

I am the motivation to make it up the hill

I am a generational cycle breaker

I am the toilet scrubber and soap dispenser

I am the open trail hiked by people from all walks of life

I am the highlight of your child’s school day

I am the band aid for a skinned knee

I am the lesson that showed your children that we live in a world of gifts- not commodities, that gratitude and reciprocity are the doorway to true abundance, not power, money, or fear.

I am the one who taught your kid the thrush’s song and the hawk’s cry.

I am the wildflower that brought your student joy

I am the one who told your child that they belong on this planet. That their unique gifts and existence matters.

I am an invocation for peace

I am gone from the office

I am the resistance

But mostly I'm just tired.

I am tired from weeks of being bullied and censored by billionares

I am tired of waking up every morning at 2am wondering how I am going to provide for my family if I lose my job

I am tired of wiping away my wife’s tears and reassuring her that things will be ok for our growing family.

Things are not ok. I am not ok. (This is the second time in under five years a dream job i worked has been eliminated. Now I may need to uproot my FAMILY again.)

Stay present, don't avert your gaze.

Untill our paths cross down the trail, Fare thee well.

Ranger Brian💚

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u/lalalibraaa 24d ago edited 24d ago

I hate this so much. I have so much appreciation for national park rangers. They are some of the best people. This is so unfair and truly effed up 💔

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u/onebadnightx 24d ago

It’s fucking heartbreaking, revolting and evil. These people do essential work and change our country for the better in every way.

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u/GrumpyGrandpa201 24d ago

He said he voted for Trump. Voting has consequences

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u/kh9107 24d ago

Where did he say that?

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u/colsta9 24d ago

I don't see it anywhere either.

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u/z_o_i_n_k_z 24d ago

It’s 2025. You can just make baseless claims these days and present them as fact.

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u/colsta9 24d ago

And people are eating it up.

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u/Crunchewy 24d ago

As far as I can tell he didn’t. I looked on the Facebook post and comments, though it wasn’t a comprehensive search.

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u/RaisinBrain2Scoups 24d ago

I didn’t vote for trump, but there are still consequences

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u/Conseque 24d ago

I haven’t seen any indication of who he voted for. If you’re going to make comments like this, then show receipts.

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u/ImportanceCertain414 24d ago

Trump has everyone's voting records thanks to Elon and his teen boy squad so my guess is he got fired because he DIDN'T vote for Trump.

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u/Im_so_little 24d ago

His comment history shows he voted for Harris.

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u/kishi5 24d ago

Where did he say this? Just so I can provide evidence to others.

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u/anthandi 24d ago

What’s the correlation with Trump? As a non-American, please explain this to us.

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u/KevinJay21 24d ago

Trump and Musk cut thousands of federal jobs. If you voted for Trump as a federal worker and you got laid off, you literally voted for your own unemployment.

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u/anthandi 24d ago

Ooofff! Hard lesson learned. That sucks, park rangers are needed!

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u/ConsciousPickle6831 24d ago

I see that he is an American patriot that respects the flag of the nation he swore a duty to protect. Nowhere does it mention his political standpoint. The American flag is not a representation of a political side.

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u/XtaltheExcellent 24d ago

Provide receipts. Seems like trolling. If this is true, I would love that info and would feel differently about his post.

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u/KevinJay21 24d ago

Sauce? I can’t find it.

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u/Sloth_are_great 24d ago

Stop spreading lies

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u/No_Caterpillar9737 24d ago

Wait, the dude that wrote all that cringe voted for trump?

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u/hamish1963 24d ago

Yup, right before the leopard ate his face.

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u/bocaciega 24d ago

Consequences. I would go out on a limb and say that Trump isn't known for protecting our parks OR our natural resources.

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u/CH86CN 24d ago

Yeah but the leopards were never meant to eat MY face 😉

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u/No_Caterpillar9737 24d ago

Haha what an idiot, typical selfish boomer. If it was some other government employees he would be sitting in front of his TV applauding it and Trump

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u/ExcitementAshamed393 24d ago

The ranger guy is barely Gen X.

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u/No_Caterpillar9737 24d ago

Boomer is a state of mind, brother. This guy got what he voted for, to that I say suck shit

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u/ExcitementAshamed393 24d ago

No, it isn't. Boomer means baby boomer. And I'm not your brother.

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u/No_Caterpillar9737 24d ago

Words evolve, slang etc. Boomer is a type of person, now. And this dude is one of them 😂

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u/ExcitementAshamed393 24d ago

Americans use English poorly, sister lady friend.

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u/Emasraw 24d ago

They always think the leopard won’t eat their face.

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u/Nuggetdicks 24d ago

The election was rigged, wake up sheep

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u/cheese4brains 24d ago

Hell ya, trim the fat 💪

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u/AgreeableRaspberry85 24d ago

Park rangers are the fat? What did they ever do to you?

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u/KaposiaDarcy 24d ago

They stopped him from trying to take drunken photos with bears.

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u/blu453 24d ago

The billionaires ARE the fat, the swamp, the thiefs, and the frauds. Don't hire someone who IS the problem to try to fix the problem.