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I need it . You want it . Yeah ,

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my name is Megan Parsons and I am a

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natural resources specialist Park

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Ranger . I absolutely love kids and

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environmental education has always been

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my passion . I feel like young kids .

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That's where the passion for nature and

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the environment first begins . I know

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it did for me to be able to be that one

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to help educate and and to help

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Children become good stories of the

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land . It's really important to me with

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an adult . Good . So as a child , I had

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gone through the Junior Ranger program

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actually at Acadia National Park and it

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was something that always stuck out to

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me and then being a park ranger . Now ,

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almost over 20 years later , um that

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was one thing that I was always

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passionate about starting with the core

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and one day we received a little sample

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badge and a pencil in the mail and

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that's how it all began . Now , I'm at

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the point where I'm starting to recruit

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some Children to be able to actually

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come to our parks and start this

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program again . I really want to

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instill a love for nature wildlife and

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also educate Children on how to become

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good stewards of the lands , which

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means learning to recycle and then also

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to reinforce ideas about water safety

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as that's really important . So for

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this Junior Ranger program , our packet ,

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I feel is probably most geared towards

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Children , ages 6 to 12 , although

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younger Children can definitely do it .

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Um I would definitely suggest that if

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there's a parent guardian or somebody

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that can help with reading

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comprehension that might help some of

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the younger Children . Um , or if you

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want to actually grab one of the park

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rangers , we're always more than happy

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to come out and help so you can stop by

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the Franklin visitor center . And I

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would love to have , uh , camps , girl

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scouts , boy scouts schools , whoever

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wants to come out here and do this . We

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definitely welcome groups the more the

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merrier . Uh , we really hope to have

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everyone come out , uh , check out the

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Junior Ranger program . We're excited

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to get Children involved and we would

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love to have more visitation at the

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park .