The nation's oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100.Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National ...

The US Park Police on Thursday named Pamela Smith as its new chief — the first black woman to lead the 230-year-old agency. Smith, a 23-year veteran of the force, will begin her new role on Sunday.

A century after Marguerite Lindsley became the first female National Park Service ranger, Santa Clara County has appointed ...

Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest full-time National Park Service ranger in the United States, poses for a portrait in her home a day before her 100th birthday in Richmond, Calif., Sept. 21, 2021.

For the first time, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will have a woman as chief ranger. The park, which straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee, is the most visited ...

The state park service did not employ another woman until 1969 when a dozen seasonal female rangers served. Then in 1972, the first full-time woman ranger was Paula Peterson (now Jones). Petey ...

Pamela A. Smith has been named as the first Black woman to lead the U.S. Park Police in the agency's 230-year history. Smith, a 23-year veteran of the Park Police, officially takes over on Sunday.