Along the lines of RL experience steering you toward ranger - I was talking to a good friend the other night about stuff we used to read when we were kids. She'd mentioned a kid's story magazine she used to get, and I suddenly remembered one of the magazines I had a subscription to for years: Ranger Rick. Suddenly I thought whoah... RANGER Rick... and of course this was a magazine all about animals and plants and nature stuff.
Kinda got me thinking about how I was so interested in wildlife and wild places when I was young; still am, in fact, but I forgotten that those interests were a big part of that formative period of my life. This came up recently when we found a snake and I picked it up gently without hesitating, despite warnings that I'd get bitten (it wasn't poisonous and was far too small to bite, but I seemed to be the only one that knew that). Odd stuff, but all in a day's work for a longtime Ranger. 