For 20 summers the entire Adams family have lived in a rustic cabin in Glacier Park no phone, electricity, or indoor plumbing amid the moose, deer, and bear population. The four children have grown up and worked in the park. Now in law school, medical school, Stanford University, and 8th grade, they wouldn t have traded that experience for anything. Adams explains, There are two basic types of park rangers, naturalists and those involved with visitor protection. I m the second type.
Rangers have a love for and an interest in their natural surroundings.
We are people-oriented and see ourselves as educators for the public. All park rangers have been trained in basic first aid, rescue climbing, and wildland fire fighting. During the summer, Adams spends most of his time patrolling the park trails and talking to visitors, logging more than 500 miles in the three-month season, usually walking but sometimes on horseback. His main objective is to keep people and bears separated. Many tourists are inexperienced about bears and underestimate the dangers posed by both black bears and grizzlies.