2024 Ranger Trainees Graduate at Little Buffalo State Park | State

HARRISBURG — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn recently visited Little Buffalo State Park for a ceremony honoring the 2024 graduates of the department’s ranger trainee academy.

“We are proud of our Class of 2024 and look forward to seeing their impact in our parks this summer and beyond,” Dunn said. “Our rangers and park managers play a key role in providing positive visitor experiences, in addition to their duties as sworn law enforcement officers. I am confident that their hard work during training has prepared these graduates for long and successful careers within our state parks system.

DCNR’s Office of State Parks employs park rangers to oversee law enforcement in state parks and forests. State park ranger and manager trainees must complete a 19-week academy that includes training to learn how to provide visitor services, educational programs and information, details of equipment use, l enforcement of Commonwealth rules and laws, and more.