My Season as a Forest Guard

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BY STEPHEN MATULA
Life as a forest guard can be solitary but does offer beautiful views, such as this one in Washington's Olympic Mountains. INSET: Seasonal national park employees usually live in simple but comfortable dwellings.

I’ve long dreamed of getting back to the land, but for many years I wasn’t sure just how far
“back” I wanted to go. So I searched for an in-between job
that would allow me to test the workability of my goal
before I actually committed myself to it. Eventually I heard about the National Park Service’s

  • Published on Nov 1, 1980
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