A Park ranger is a person in lea of protecting and preserving parklands - national, state or provincial parks - forests (then called a forest ranger), wilderness areas, as well as other natural resources and protected cultural resources. Some countries use the term park warden or game warden to describe this occupation. The profession has often been over-simply characterized as "protecting the people from the resource, and the resource from the people." The profession includes a number of disciplines and specializations, and park rangers in the United States and elsewhere are often required to be proficient in more than one.