Yellowstone’s Rangers

Ranger Harlan Kredit with group on Avalanche Peak…Photo by Bob Greenburg; July 2005

Yellowstone National Park Ranger Harlan Kredit celebrated his 50th year at Yellowstone National Park in 2022. Superintendent Cam Scholly told him he was the longest serving ranger in Yellowstone history.

Keith Young is a retired National Park Service Law Enforcement Ranger who completed a long, multi-decade career serving in Yellowstone National Park. During his tenure at Yellowstone, he balanced traditional law enforcement duties with extensive community involvement, serving prominently as the park’s D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Officer and as a local basketball coach in Gardiner, Montana.