Abstract
The Active Ranger (hereinafter referred to as AR) was introduced in June, 2005 in Japan. The primary objective of AR was to resolve labor shortage in national parks and have them serve as coordinators of various entities. In 2006 there were 65 ARs assigned mainly work related to national parks/wildlife protection in a total of 52 districts. ARs have been assigned to 25 out of all 28 national parks. In this study I investigated activities of AR in the Towada-Hakkoda Area of Towada-Hachimantai National Park, where they are engaged in administrative work, as well as the importance of such activities. As a result, I found that AR activities contribute greatly to onsite work. On the other hand, functions as coordinator do not appear to produce results.
