31/07/2026
🌳What does protecting a forest look like?
Sometimes it looks like four teams setting out again before most of us have begun our day.
Over just 16 days this July, the rangers of Kijabe Forest Trust completed 64 patrols and covered more than 1,065 GPS-recorded kilometres through the forest.
They checked the RVA fence, monitored wildlife across multiple forest zones and recorded more than 1,400 wildlife sightings … from Colobus and Sykes monkeys to bushbuck, suni, warthogs and an owl.
Most urgently, they found and removed 209 wire snares.
On one patrol alone, a team removed 158 snares from the forest. Each one represented a hidden and indiscriminate threat to wildlife. Each one removed was a danger taken out of the landscape.
Many of the reports end with the simple words:
“No incident to report”.
But behind thoese words are kilometres walked, eyes kept open, fences checked and rangers returning day after day. Their presence is part of what prevents an incident from happening.
On World Ranger Day, we honour the people whose daily commitment protects Kijabe Forest.
Thank you, Samuel, Patrick, Lucy, Mark, Martin, Peter, Esther A, Danjackson, Henry, Kutata, Nabaru, David, Kaiyoni, Ntingondu, Joseph, Evans, Esau, Mary, Sammy and Esther B, Ephantus, Adrian, Hiram, Nehemiah and Rufus.
For every step taken, every threat removed and every wild life protected—thank you.
Happy World Ranger Day 💚🌿
📷 KFT Rangers / Georgina Goodwin | Conservation Photographer
📍 Kijabe Forest, Kenya
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