In the last year or so, I've been getting this question more and more: "How DO you become a park ranger?" The simple answer: "It's complicated." But if the inquiring party has the time and interest, I am always happy to help as much as I can -- because I know I how much I appreciated getting the inside scoop when I was trying to figure out the answer to that question myself.
In light of this, I thought it would be useful (for both you AND me, to get this all written down) to just write a blog post about it. Let's do this!