tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17548084.post1212655939990891169..comments2024-03-28T00:26:20.590-07:00Comments on out there: Ranger actually spotted in woods!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17548084.post-9377979277062140132007-07-06T17:13:00.000-07:002007-07-06T17:13:00.000-07:00I've seen wilderness rangers in the backcountry on...I've seen wilderness rangers in the backcountry on several occassions (though not as often as I would like either). Usually what I see are seasonal wilderness rangers - mostly college age interns paid a pittance to patrol and clean up backcountry sites.<BR/><BR/>A couple years ago we ran into a whole herd of rangers on horseback with a packstring at Rio Alto Lake in the Sangre De Cristo where the San Carlos RD was holding a training.<BR/><BR/>In the 80s in CA, where wilderness permits are a near universal thing, I ran into wilderness rangers all the time in places like Desolation and Emigrant Wildernesses. They usually patrolled on horseback with the purpose of checking permits. Fines for not having a permit could be steep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com