The History of America's first Park Rangers
02/26/21 • 51 min
This week, in honor of Black History Month, host Dean DeVore is joined by Shelton Johnson, one of America's best-known Park Rangers. Shelton is a Ranger at Yosemite National Park and has spent his nearly 30 year career educating people about the Buffalo Soldiers and how the Buffalo Soldiers were some of the first National Park Rangers in America. He discusses his career, what inspired him to become a Park Ranger, and the importance of education about lesser-known facts of American History and our national parks
Then, following severe winter weather and states suffering power outages, we are joined by Sara Lambert, Director of Product Management and Kirtis Hill, VP, Market and Business Development for BatteriesPlus, to discuss power, batteries, and how you can be prepared in the event of a power outage.
And in our final segment Meteorologist, Dave Dombek joins Dean to recap this recent pattern of snow and ice and they will preview the weekend's forecast and the week ahead.
It's all this week on 'Everything Under the Sun'
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For more about Shelton Johnson and the Buffalo Soldiers, check out the following story:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/the-hidden-history-of-the-buffalo-soldiers/900968
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This week, in honor of Black History Month, host Dean DeVore is joined by Shelton Johnson, one of America's best-known Park Rangers. Shelton is a Ranger at Yosemite National Park and has spent his nearly 30 year career educating people about the Buffalo Soldiers and how the Buffalo Soldiers were some of the first National Park Rangers in America. He discusses his career, what inspired him to become a Park Ranger, and the importance of education about lesser-known facts of American History and our national parks
Then, following severe winter weather and states suffering power outages, we are joined by Sara Lambert, Director of Product Management and Kirtis Hill, VP, Market and Business Development for BatteriesPlus, to discuss power, batteries, and how you can be prepared in the event of a power outage.
And in our final segment Meteorologist, Dave Dombek joins Dean to recap this recent pattern of snow and ice and they will preview the weekend's forecast and the week ahead.
It's all this week on 'Everything Under the Sun'
Download the new AccuWeather app today, available now in the App Store on iOS and in the Google Play Store - https://accuweather.onelink.me/dZpv/49183895
For more about Shelton Johnson and the Buffalo Soldiers, check out the following story:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/the-hidden-history-of-the-buffalo-soldiers/900968
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It's all this week on 'Everything Under the Sun'
Download the new AccuWeather app today, available now in the App Store on iOS and in the Google Play Store - https://accuweather.onelink.me/dZpv/49183895
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