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Show From: To: Date: Subject: <Thompson_Charmaine/r4_uinta@fs.fed.us> CEDOMAIN.CEHISTOY(cjensen) 10/30/984:15PM Rangers vs. Guards I've done some nosing around, and it appears that in the ppst Ranger Stations and Guard Stations were defined differently, although the application of those terms has probably blurred through the years. Basically, a Ranger Station was larger, had more buildings, and was more of a year-round base of operations for a Ranger, often his family, and various staff. A Guard Station was meant to be used seasonally, as a way station for crews while working in more remote areas. This gets tricky when one considers that a guard station on one forest might be larger than a ranger station on the forest next door. I found one old document that listed the area of a "ranger house" to be about 1200 sq. ft., and a guard station's area to be around 900 sq, feet. But overall, ~s often consist of a residence, office building, warehouse, and other structures that imply more permanence and administrative complexity. g.yard Stations seem to have a bunk house, garage or barn, and thats about it. I also discovered that the national register site database for the forest service has categories for both kinds of structures, so the distinction must mean something to the institutional psyche of agency. |
