Furloughed ranger starts making videos of national parks for the public

It’s been over a month since the government shutdown first started and some federal employees have been, well, available.

Zack Frank, a 35-year-old National Park ranger is one of them. Parks have been largely unstaffed for over a month, jeopardizing worker’s incomes, threatening park security, and ruining vacations — among other completely avoidable consequences. 

The mood is grim. So Frank decided to do something good with his free time: make educational videos of the 418 national parks he loves. 

SEE ALSO: The sad silence of the National Parks Instagram accounts

Frank was a photographer before he joined the National Park Service. He always dreamed of creating a project like this, he just never had to time to do it. Now he does, for better or worse. Read more…

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Source: https://mashable.com/article/zack-frank-national-park-ranger-videos/
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