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Thank you for my beautiful experience. It always makes me feel solemn and happy being at Pearl Harbor. The peaceful quiet makes me reminisce in the history that surrounds Pearl Harbor

Thank you for all you do to make visits special for all the visitors!

Thank you for all that you do to take care of and protect the earth and land. The absolute happiest times of my life have been just walking the forest preserves with my dogs. Such peace and joy for both me and them. Thank you for that and God bless you all. 🐕🐕 💛

Visited the Hoh National Rainforest visitors center. Everyone was so friendly and helping I just wanted to thank them for all that they do. It’s such a beautiful park, and I love the NPS!

I had driven straight through for 12 hours from Chicago and upon pulling into Badlands NP I was greeted by the friendliest ranger and the most beautiful views. I wasn’t even planning on coming through until the following day but I figured I’d do a quick drive through… 4.5 hrs later and 80 pictures later I finally exited at the Pinnacles Ranger station and was greeted by a herd of bison. I could not have been more pleased with the brutal landscape and magic that is the Badlands. Thank you!

We experienced and learned so much on our trip, thank you. It would not have been nearly as remarkable without your knowledge. Thanks for teaching us.

I have always enjoyed hiking and our parks offer a platform for my one simple joy. I appreciate what all of you do, seen and not, to keep our parks running.

Thank you for having such a wonderful Ranger-led program and the awesome Native America Speaks program. My husband & I visited GNP twice and was so lucky to experience such terrific rangers. My nephew even became a Junior Ranger. We lost my husband in 2020 and some of my most cherished memories were in GNP.

To All of the National Parks and all of the Park Rangers: I want to thank each and everyone of you at all the National Parks for all you do everyday. Be it talks on the trails, educational talks, protecting park goers from weather events, alerts to things happening in the parks, etc... and many more things you all take care of behind the scenes. I am a senior citizen now and some of my first connections to nature was aided by many park rangers and the talks they gave to my family and myself every time I have gone to a National Park.

Thanks a lot to ALL of you. You work from your heart. That means a lot to the rest of us.