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SEARCH RESULTS 1256 Opportunities Found
Opportunity Description: Summer Park Host, Redbud Bay Park - Volunteers needed from April 1, 2010 - May 15, 2010, and July 1st, 2010 - September 30th, 2010. Redbud Bay campground has 12 electric sites. Volunteers will meet and greet park visitors, provide information, camper check-in and check-out, campground cleanup, assistance to campers, provide a watchful eye, and some light maintenance. In exchange for their services, park hosts are provided an RV site with water and 30 amp electric service. Oologah Lake is located 20 minutes north of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Contact: Rob Mills 918-443-2250 Ext 5603 robin.h.mills@usace.army.mil (Updated 08/28/2009)
Opportunity Description: Starrigavan Recreation Area Winter Host (Individual Only) Location: Starrigavan Recreation Area, 7 miles from downtown Sitka, Alaska 99835. Accessing Sitka with a vehicle: only possible via the Alaska Marine Highway, schedules posted at http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/index.html Start Date: In Sitka, Alaska by last week in September each year (dependent on Alaska Marine Highway Ferry schedules) End Date: First week of April each year (dependent on Alaska Marine Highway Ferry schedules) Contact: r10_sitka_rd@fs.fed.us 907-747-4216 Lodging: See Reimbursement Section below. Deadline for application: June 30. Activities: Recreation Host, Visitor Information, General Assistance, Maintenance, Fee Collection Responsibilities: Hosts represent the “eyes and ears” of the Forest Service and are to be courteous, helpful, enthusiastic, positive in conveying the recreation facility rules as necessary and must be visible to the visiting public. Hosts are provided on site living quarters but must furnish their own passenger vehicle for access to Sitka, 7 miles away and for use within recreation area and other assigned recreation facility sites. Training: Hosts are provided a short orientation to the recreation facilities; desired how-to’s of restroom and recreation site cleanup; necessary materials; procedure and guidelines for fee collection and issuing permits and routine maintenance; how-to’s of site monitoring; information on handling the most common situations that arise; landline phones or portable radios to contact police for help or in cases of emergencies. Qualifications: • Host experience and retired individuals only (no couples); no pets; non smokers. • Enjoy working positively with and being visible to the public. • Provide own passenger vehicle transportation. • Commit to volunteering fulltime for dates specified. • Agree to a background check as Host handles sensitive information, has access to police frequency via handheld radio and handles cash. • In good health and physical condition (repeated bending and lifting to clean restrooms and fire rings, litter pickup, filling potholes, splitting firewood and pulling undesirable vegetation; monitoring site use on foot throughout the recreation area multiple times daily regardless of weather). • Able to wear a backpack leafblower. • Basic computer and recordkeeping skills. • Working experience with ATV (for snowplowing), leafblower. • Able to move and handle split firewood. • Maintain a valid driver's license. Duties (under direct supervision) include: • Fee collection and fee processing. • Accessing campsite reservations from contractor online. • Issuing picnic shelter permits. • Maintenance of living quarters and exterior surroundings. • Picking up litter in and around campsites and picnic sites, along roadways, pathways and in parking lots daily. • Cleaning campsites and picnic sites, fire rings and restrooms daily to a required standard. • Opening and closing specified gates daily (during daylight hours which vary from fall into winter). About 5-6 hours of daylight December-January. • Providing light maintenance i.e. brushing, thinning, pruning or pulling vegetation; filling potholes in roadway, etc. • Snow removal from access driveway and pathways immediately around cabin; experience with ATV snowplowing useful, but manual snow removal works if kept up daily. • Monitoring use of trails, trailheads, campsites and picnic sites (involves keeping mandatory handwritten records). • Providing split firewood for campers and picnickers. • Keeping information current on information boards. • Providing information to visitors as needed. • and other necessary duties as assigned. To Apply: Applications accepted April through June 30th or until position is filled. Requires commitment to be in Sitka last week in September through first week in April. Passenger type vehicle necessary for transportation within recreation area and to Sitka 7 miles away. Prefer applicants use host application found at http://fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/districts/sitka ; then click on Volunteer host positions. Sensitive information requsted may be withheld until contacted for a phone interview. Reimbursements - Volunteers must commit to serve in Sitka for the specified dates to qualify for certain reimbursements. In return for volunteer work, volunteer has the privilege of living in a new one bedroom log cabin with paid utilities (electricity, indoor plumbing, sewage vaults and phone service). Mileage reimbursements are available for wear and tear on personal vehicle for projects assigned away from Starrigavan Recreation Area. Volunteer must have sufficient finances to carry them through the first six weeks and to supplement daily reimbursements thereafter. Reimbursements do not cover daily living expenses and are made through direct deposit.
Opportunity Description: Summer Park Host, Spencer Creek Park- Volunteers needed from April 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010. Supplements duties of contract gate attendant, monitors park activities, gives out information, and assists campers/ park visitors. Communicate effectively with gate attendant on issues in the park. May involve light cleanup or maintenance. Monitors self-deposit fee system on gate attendant's day off (Tuesday). Opens and closes park entrance gate to maintain park hours (Tuesday). Park Host will be present to open second lock on honor system fee vault and to observe gate attendant opening and counting Self Deposit Fee Envelopes (Wednesday). Park Host will not handle money. Additional duties such as flowerbed maintenance or mowing are tailored to host's abilities or interests. Contact Jason Person 918-443-2250 Ext 5602 (Updated 08/28/2009)
Opportunity Description: Host Duties: Provide information and assistance to campers, monitor campground for the Forest Service and perform light maintenance duties. Campground Services Provideds full-hook-up on the host site. 
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Opportunity Description: AREA DESCRIPTION: Yellowstone National Park is world renowned for its hydrothermal features (geysers, hot spring pools, travertine terraces, fumaroles, and mud pots), the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, an abundance of wildlife, expansive backcountry hiking opportunities, fishing, and intriguing history. The variety of wildlife, including grizzly and black bears, and bison requires extra diligence to ensure everyone's safety. These positions are located at the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) campus in the Mammoth Hot Springs area (Park Headquarters) of the park, at an elevation of 6200 feet. YCC PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Yellowstone’s Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is a residential work program designed for youth 15 to 18 years of age. YCC participants work in a variety of weather and terrain conditions while completing projects which may include: painting/staining; exotic plant control; fence and bench building; general maintenance work; trail construction and/or maintenance; and, visitor center and other public service work. When crews are based in the front country, they stay at the YCC Camp near Mammoth Hot Springs which provides dormitory facilities and a large dining hall for meals and meetings. Enrollees will also spend time participating in environmental education, recreation, and NPS and other agency career orientation activities. Many of these activities are scheduled in the evenings and on weekends. Activities may include: hiking, rafting, fishing, ranger-led programs, guest speakers, assisting field rangers and/or scientists, and trips throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. DUTIES: assist YCC staff with daily operations including: driving enrollees to work destinations throughout the park; serving as chaperone on weekends and during other outings and activities; being available during evening hours for enrollee needs and emergencies; assisting with kitchen duties; providing administrative support including errands, office work, supply and equipment inventory and organization, etc.; other duties as assigned. LENGTH OF SERVICE: May 30 through August 21, 2010 TIME COMMITTMENT: 32 to 40 hours per week; will work weekends, nights, and holidays; two consecutive days off each week. AMENITIES: room and board provided free of charge at the residential YCC facility - which includes a shared dorm room with other staff members; closest towns with full amenities are Livingston, MT (one-hour drive) and Bozeman, Montana (1.5 hours drive). QUALIFICATIONS: excellent public relations/communication skills; ability to work on your feet all day; experience with, skill in, and enthusiasm for working with youth; willingness and ability to work in a physically active outdoor youth program, get along well with others, and maintain a positive attitude are essential for success. Must be a U.S. Citizen and 18 years of age or older with a valid state driver’s license. Favorable adjudication of a federal security clearance / background investigation required.
ON-SITE CONTACT: Mary Wilson, 307-344-2729, mary_wilson@nps.gov
Opportunity Description: Greeting and orienting visitors to the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The Visitor Center receives a wide variety of guests from near and far. There are adjoining nature trails along a headland offering great views of the suurrounding waters. Future exhibits for the visitor center are planned. Volunteers attending the desk are also responsible to recieve sales in the small store useing a simple computer based register, answering and transferring phone calls, and some light cleaning and re-stocking at the visitor center.
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Opportunity Description: This is a caretaker position that offers housing at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge in exchange for 20 hours per week. Duties would include trail monitoring, opening and closing overflow parking lot gate, minimal mowing, and taking visitation counts. Trustom Pond Refuge is a known birding destination and has the only undeveloped coastal pond in Rhode Island. It also includes barrier beach habitat, home to nesting piping plovers and great surf fishing in late summer, early fall. Housing Availability: Available • Housing Type: Trailer • Housing Description: This is a volunteer caretaker housing opportunity to live at Trustom Pond NWR in exchange for 20 hours per week.
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Opportunity Description: One of the reasons this part of Northwest Indiana was set aside as a national park is the diversity of plants found here. But the plants of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore are losing ground to invasive plant species trying to dominate the landscape. We need an army of volunteers to fight for the native plants! Join us Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Visitor Center from 9:00am till noon on Saturday April 20, 2010 to take up arms and do battle with the evil invasive plants.
You will be given information on how to identify the good and the bad plants, and equipment to remove the bad ones. Please contact Ted_Winterfeld@nps.gov to let him know that you and a friend are coming to join the army.
Opportunity Description: Got a group looking for a service project? Have we got the place for your group to volunteer! Over the winter the winds off of Lake Michigan move sand up over various structures that help people get to the beach. We need some help putting the sand back on the beach. We also need help getting the campground ready for all our summer visitors. Volunteers will pick up the campsites, help lay down mulch for the tent sites and various other projects that make our campground a wonderful place to stay. We can take volunteer groups from one to one hundred; just give us some time to get ready for your group. Minors must have parental permission to work at the park.
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Opportunity Description: Looking for some experience in the public relations world? After participating in our summer seasonal training, you will be asked to assist in developing stories writing or editing press information about the park. You will be given the opportunity to find a topic in the park that interests you and become an expert on that topic. As an Intern at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore you will help develop a strategy to find volunteers for projects that need to be done and you will work with staff and volunteers to help them stay informed. You will be asked to manage a data base of information, and assist in the publication of the volunteer newsletter. Your biggest and most rewarding project for the summer is to plan and implement the annual appreciation event for about 500 people. Housing Availability: Available • Housing Type: Bunk House • Housing Description: Housing can be arranged if necessary. You must work 32 hours per week to recieve housing.
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