System failure
A change in hiring programs cost the NPS a diverse, young ranger You may never have heard of him, but Masyih Ford is arguably the third most-recognizable African-American ranger in the National Park Service. The first and second are, of course, Shelton Johnson at Yosemite,...
A Backup in the Parks Pipeline
Young, diverse job candidates like Nancy Fernandez find it hard to make inroads in an overwhelmingly white agency that needs them NOTE: Clicking on most images will launch a full-sized viewer. It’s a nasty, end-of-winter night in the coastal Washington town of Ilwaco, but the...