Day in the Life: Park Ranger
Sam Phillips, a summer park ranger with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, hands an emergency whistle to a kayaker at the Youghiogheny River Lake in Confluence, Pennsylvania, July 14, 2022. Rangers enforce water safety requirements on the lake, including boaters to wear life jackets when riding a boat less than 16 feet in length on federal property. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District photo by Michel Sauret)