{"id":448,"date":"2016-06-13T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/2016\/06\/13\/big-cypress-intro\/"},"modified":"2016-06-13T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:35:00","slug":"big-cypress-intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/2016\/06\/13\/big-cypress-intro\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Cypress: Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wGUugf3vjJ0\/V17SFrGsR5I\/AAAAAAAAANM\/gVUJ95_svJAVN4dSbyPRNNa_ezoK1RD4gCLcB\/s1600\/IMG_0075.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wGUugf3vjJ0\/V17SFrGsR5I\/AAAAAAAAANM\/gVUJ95_svJAVN4dSbyPRNNa_ezoK1RD4gCLcB\/s400\/IMG_0075.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Hello again!<br \/>My name is John Hesdon and this summer I have been assigned to Big Cypress National Preserve in south Florida.<br \/>I am writing this at the end of my second week here at the preserve and it has been interesting to say the least.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZDw85kaQIPQ\/V17SNjVZYOI\/AAAAAAAAANc\/KZo0vlLKcSo8lhg2PBeMCh4T6JhUYdvXwCLcB\/s1600\/IMG_0006.JPG\" style=\"clear: left;float: left;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZDw85kaQIPQ\/V17SNjVZYOI\/AAAAAAAAANc\/KZo0vlLKcSo8lhg2PBeMCh4T6JhUYdvXwCLcB\/s320\/IMG_0006.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a>I arrived on a Saturday night and was patrolling with Ranger Jarred Barber Sunday morning. Over the next two weeks I would be shown around all of Big Cypresses many Visitor Centers, camp grounds, off road vehicle trails, backcountry trails, fire stations, highways, waterways and airstrips. There has been a lot to learn and take in, and it has been a blast the whole time. This park is just a bit bigger than Independence was last year. I have been learning from Ranger Barber, as well as Rangers Mike and Sasha Herrin, what makes Big Cypress such a unique place to work. I have visited several of the private residences located in the Preserve and have spent a day in defensive tactics training with BICY\u2019s Law Enforcement Officers. I have also spent some time in the off-road vehicle department learning where the Parks many different permits come from. In my free time I have been studying RM-9 and CFR and exercising in an effort to get ready for the seasonal academy in the fall. I have also been exploring the area. Big Cypress is located in between Naples and Miami and is just North of Everglades national Park, so there is a lot to do when I\u2019m not hiking or driving the park.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xd8wZ4Db7dg\/V17SJZ6koyI\/AAAAAAAAANU\/M9GdY-WNttkItXgnCZSV0pHps_cNZXpMACLcB\/s1600\/IMG_0060.JPG\" style=\"clear: right;float: right;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xd8wZ4Db7dg\/V17SJZ6koyI\/AAAAAAAAANU\/M9GdY-WNttkItXgnCZSV0pHps_cNZXpMACLcB\/s320\/IMG_0060.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a>Now officially paired with my supervisor, Ranger Drew Hughes, I am soon going to be exploring the backcountry more thoroughly on foot and in swamp buggies. I will also be getting some time on boat patrol. I can\u2019t wait to see what the rest of the summer holds.<br \/>Stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello again!My name is John Hesdon and this summer I have been assigned to Big Cypress National Preserve in south Florida.I am writing this at&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/2016\/06\/13\/big-cypress-intro\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Cypress: Intro<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,106,105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-80","category-big-cypress-np","category-john-hesdon","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Paul Paire","author_link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/author\/paire\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}