The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is bucking the national trend and hiring park rangers ... seasonal rangers and ranger assistants for positions across the state from roughly April ...

Oregon state parks saw a record ... in the number of assaults on park rangers in 2023, and proposed legislation to increase the penalty for assaulting a ranger. That legislation did not pass.

That park on the central coast has since reopened. Oregon State Parks is now hiring for seasonal rangers and ranger assistants. State Parks determines its number of day-use visits by taking car ...

Park Ranger Supervisor Travis Korbe has worked at Cape Lookout for 17 years for Oregon State Parks — and he’s not surprised by the recognition. “Unlike a lot of the other places on the ...

The number of people visiting Oregon’s state park system reached an all-time high in 2024, fueled by a boom of people traveling to the coast.