2 park rangers back, the ranger had to rescue green peace people down river. He hated them as much as any of us do.
I would suspect your ‘appointments’ up there wouldn’t be as easily persued as the plum spots down here are. There’s a certain rugged ‘type’ that needs to fill your positions. Perhaps that’s somewhat off base, but I would suspect the real problem candidates would seek lower 48 state appointments.
I’m glad to hear you still have some reasoned folks doing the work up there. And I might be surprised at the ones down here too. What with all the activists these days, I’m just somewhat skeptical.