Cooper’s dream career: play with animals, sleep outside in a tent, and do science. Two career days as a park ranger!
Thank you for generously supporting Cooper in this year’s competition. Your participation helps empower the National Wildlife Federation in their mission to protect wildlife, restore habitats, and inspire the next generation of conservationists.
What is Jr. Ranger?
Learn moreEverything! Cooper enjoys identifying animals, learning about their habitats and what they eat, and he even enjoys watching interactions between species, too. He's really invested in that learning; he can teach us all about different biomes and ecosystems and their importance.
Cooper has favorites in each habitat: African elephants on the savanna, donkeys on the farm, gorillas in the rainforest, and whales in the ocean. He loves the large, smart animals. But in his favorite habitat, the farm, HE'S the big smart one who takes care of the donkeys (at his grandparents' ranch)!
He finds any reason to be outside. Watching bugs, playing in the grass, exploring and roaming, and his 5th Birthday Safari! We made large cutouts of animals and "hid" them at the park near our home. He and his friends donned safari outfits and used stickers to mark where they spotted the wildlife on a map.
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