Pedro Ramos, National Park Service (ENP x AIRIE Partner)

“Twenty-two years later I am still down here in South Florida. I love working for the National Park Service, and now I am responsible to oversee not only Everglades National Park as its superintendent but also Dry Tortugas National Park; Biscayne National Park, which I consider to be the front yard of Miami; and Big Cypress. I now oversee all four national park service units in South Florida,” he said.

Superintendent Ramos is overseeing 2.5 million acres of land and waters; over 400 federal employees, including law-enforcement operations, firefighting, resource management, outreach, and education; “and just about every other discipline that we have here to make all the magic happen for the National Park Service in South Florida.”