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Jane Marguerite Lindsley (later Marguerite Lindsley Arnold; October 2, 1901 – May 18, 1952) was the first woman to be appointed to a year-round park ranger position in the United States National Park Service. Lindsley had a ten-year career as a ranger and as a ranger-naturalist starting in 1921.
In the U.S. state of Missouri both state parks and state historic sites are administered by the Division of State Parks of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. As of 2017 the division manages a total of 92 parks and historic sites plus the Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry , which together total more than 200,000 acres (81,000 ha). [ 1 ]
Mark Twain State Park is a public recreation area encompassing 2,788 acres (1,128 ha) on Mark Twain Lake in Monroe County, Missouri. The state park offers water recreation, hiking trails, and campgrounds. [4] It is adjacent to the Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site. The Mark Twain State Park Picnic Shelter at Buzzard's Roost is a ...
Helen Wilson was appointed as a temporary park ranger at Glacier National Park on June 17, 1918. [6] Notably, Wilson's salary matched that of four male park rangers hired at the same time, long before the Equal Pay Act of 1963. [6] Wilson worked at the entrance station and also issued permits for people who wished to gather wildflowers. [6]
The Katy Trail State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Missouri that contains the Katy Trail, the country's longest continuous recreational rail trail. [1] It runs 240 miles (390 km), largely along the northern bank of the Missouri River , in the right-of-way of the former Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad . [ 2 ]
For Civilian Conservation Corps projects in the U.S. state of Missouri. Pages in category "Civilian Conservation Corps in Missouri" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
In 2010, Pauley was appointed to serve as director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, [1] [8] a position she held for six years. [6] In 2016, Pauley was appointed as director of the Missouri Department of Conservation, [9] [10] [7] a position she retains as of 2022. [1] She is the first woman to hold the position of director. [11]
Don Robinson State Park is a public recreation area covering more than 800 acres (320 ha) in Jefferson County, Missouri. [4] Located in the upper LaBarque Creek watershed, the state park's rugged landscape includes sandstone box canyons, shelter caves, cliffs, glades and upland and bottomland forests. The land was bequeathed to the state by ...