Ramblings of a Wayward Naturalist and Occasional Park Ranger

Here you will find occasional ramblings dealing with my experience working in parks and protected areas, thoughts on the experience and practice of environmental education and interpretation, and reflections on the parks and other special places I visit. Enjoy!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Rock Art: A Tribute to Hovenweep's Beauty and Ranger Chris Nickel

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Hovenweep National Monument is an exquisite land of rock, sculpted by nature for millions of years, altered by ancestral Puebloan people f...

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Enchantment and Illumination in Our National Parks

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Sunset from Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park On December 9, 2010, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Mesa Verde Nation...

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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Rain

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Raindrops in Pothole at Little Ruin Canyon It has been raining for a few days now. Rain in the desert is a very different experience...

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About Me

Brian Forist: I received my Ph.D. in 2018 from the Indiana University in the Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies Program. I conducted research on the effectiveness of visitor-centered, two-way interpretation through dialogue in both formal programs and informal encounters. In August 2016 I began a full-time position as Lecturer in Outdoor Recreation, Parks, and Human Ecology at Indiana University. During the summers of 2016 and 2015 I worked as a Park Ranger at Mesa Verde National Park. I worked as a Park Guide at Lincoln Home National Historic Site in 2012. I spent much of 2011 as a Park Ranger-Interpreter at Zion National Park and the winter of 2010/2011 volunteering at Hovenweep National Monument, all truly special and magical places. I have also worked at North Cascades National Park, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, on the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, and as a university partner in the NPS Social Science program in the Washington Office. spent 2005-2010 as Education Director at a non-profit residential environmental education facility in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. When I am home I volunteer at the Michigan City Indiana Old Lighthouse Museum.

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