forest ranger
noun
: an officer charged with the patrolling and guarding of a forest
especially
: one in charge of the management and protection of a portion of a public forest
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The Plattekill Fire Department said the person was a state forest ranger who died while fighting the blaze in Greenwood Lake, New York, Saturday.
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, on the New York-New Jersey border, another blaze, the Jennings Creek wildfire, has burned thousands of acres, sending smoke drifting across much of New York City and killing an 18-year-old New York state forest ranger volunteer who died while responding to the fire.
—Paige Vega, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Trapped in the middle of a snowstorm in their formerly idyllic rural community, a forest ranger (Sam Richardson) and a postal employee (Milana Vayntrub) must uncover the mysterious beast behind a series of gruesome murders.
—EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
In a bloody good mix of horror comedy and murder mystery, Sam Richardson plays a naive but good-hearted forest ranger new to a small Vermont town out to catch a killer (who may or may not be a werewolf) among the various kooky residents.
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—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, on the New York-New Jersey border, another blaze, the Jennings Creek wildfire, has burned thousands of acres, sending smoke drifting across much of New York City and killing an 18-year-old New York state forest ranger volunteer who died while responding to the fire.
—Paige Vega, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Trapped in the middle of a snowstorm in their formerly idyllic rural community, a forest ranger (Sam Richardson) and a postal employee (Milana Vayntrub) must uncover the mysterious beast behind a series of gruesome murders.
—EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
In a bloody good mix of horror comedy and murder mystery, Sam Richardson plays a naive but good-hearted forest ranger new to a small Vermont town out to catch a killer (who may or may not be a werewolf) among the various kooky residents.
55.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Forest ranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forest%20ranger. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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