Ranger Larry, as his fans call him, has built quite a following in South Florida. He was signing a kid’s book when we walked in. He’ll sign as many autographs as his fans demand. The tall, dark and handsome type in a green uniform and ranger hat. Perez is waiting in the visitor’s center.
“I learned my lesson last time I was out here,” he says. Our photographer, Angel Valentin, has a net to cover his face. I’ve got my laced-up shoes and long pants, as he suggested in his email, and some bug repellent for our three-hour tour. Perez just wrote a book, Snake in the Grass: An Everglades Invasion, about Burmese pythons in the park. I’m going to spend the rest of the afternoon and evening with Park Ranger Larry Perez ’96, MS ’08. Perez shares his love of nature with a local school group.
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