The SASPR is a department of the State headed by Tessa Lamb, and is a sister department of the San Andreas State Police.

As per the whitepaper, the protocol aims to be built on the foundation of the following key features: The oldest source of information on park ranger careers was the 1956 Park Ranger by C. B. Colby. [ citation needed] At that time, park rangers fulfilled all the demands of park operations from administrative duties to technical rescue. By 1995, Exploring Careers in the National Parks by Bob Gartner, reflected the specialization of duties and the expansion of titles covering the same work as was being done in 1956. [ citation needed] In the 21st century, Live the Adventure, showed the park ranger profession was only becoming more complex. [ citation needed] [ original research?] Senior Ranger: Before command is Senior Ranger, they can wear command clothing and have more responsibilities and power. However still considered Park Rangers. Masters of Science in Resource Interpretation at Stephen F. Austin State University SFA". Archived from the original on 2010-08-03 . Retrieved 2010-08-02.

Education: rangers may also engage in leading more formalized curriculum-based educational programs, meant to support and complement instruction received by visiting students in traditional academic settings, or in creating resource-based curriculum materials for other educators to utilize. Rangers often develop education programs to help educators meet specific national and local standards of instruction. Cultural resource education may include access to artifacts or replicas, and natural resource education may include the taking of samples, all under the supervision of a ranger to insure proper protection of the resources. Unlike interpretation, education programs include the opportunity to assess learning and designed to meet external standards using the protected resources as the subject.

Raton Canyon Ranger Office which is located at Great Ocean Highway and Raton Pass in Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness. This is planned to be the base of operations of San Andreas Search and Rescue.The United States Office of Personnel Management provides the following guidance concerning education requirements for all park rangers: But some observers question why the BLM chose to implement these 20-year-old recommendations now, particularly because the new structure reportedly conflicts with recent, nearly finalized recommendations that the agency give state-level BLM officials more ranger management authority.