Ranger Bergeron

We have an ongoing profile series of those locals who best shape the community. Most recently we featured MacArthur Beach State Park Manager Don Bergeron who has the coolest job in the world. First of all, he’s a park ranger. Awesome. Second, MacArthur Park is amazing. He gets to live in the park. He can literally walk out the door in the morning, wade into the mangrove, catch fish and then straight up feed it to his insanely lucky children. In an incessant expanse of strip malls, golf clubs, retirement communities and thrift shops, Don gets to reign over an oasis of wide beaches, sea inlets, tropical forests and blubberous manatees. Oh yeah, the park is so titled for the previous owners, names I’m sure you hear ad nauseum but rarely think about: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur.

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