Miranda Leconte overlooks Yosemite National Park. The 23-year-old U.S. Forest Service ranger has become an online environmentalist star with her blog and Instagram photos. (Trevor Lee/Sacramento Bee/TNS)
SACRAMENTO, California: Miranda Leconte can't stand litterers. She's irked by backpackers who camp in Desolation Wilderness without permits, and she's got a lot to say to people who build fires there, despite the many warnings that it's forbidden.
If she sounds like a stickler, it's because she is, but for good reason – it's her job. The 23-year-old Camino native just finished her first season as a US Forest Service wilderness ranger, patrolling the 64,000 breathtaking acres of Desolation Wilderness area near Lake Tahoe and teaching people how to keep it clean.
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