Park Ranger Safety and Educational Programming Survey
The mission of the Salt Lake City Park Rangers is to make parks welcoming spaces for everyone. We want to understand how the public feels about safety in our parks, trails, and natural areas. The goal of this survey is to identify what Rangers can do to improve public safety in these areas to make them more welcoming. We are also interested in what types of public programs Salt Lake residents and park visitors would like to participate in. As we plan for 2026, please fill out our survey to guide how we best utilize our resources to the benefit of our city’s Public Lands.
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The Park Ranger Program is doing a public survey, in accordance with our 2025 Annual Plan, to gather public feedback that will help us plan for 2026. We did an initial survey in 2023 and found that safety issues mostly revolved around unhoused residents in the parks and dogs off leash. At the time of last survey, park visitors had not heard of the Park Ranger Program and were unable to speak to its impact on public safety. Survey respondents indicated they wanted more programs that involved a combination of education and stewardship.