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 Seasonal ranger Sharon McMillon makes her rounds in the backcountry of California's Angeles National Forest—a rare pleasure for many career rangers. "Our people aren't getting on the land much anymore," laments a Forest Service veteran. "They're nailed to their desks shuffling paper."

—From "Our National Forests," March 1997, National Geographic magazine

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Where:  Angeles National Forest, California
When:   March 1997
Photographer:   Peter Essick

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