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SEARCH RESULTS 25 Opportunities Found
Opportunity Description: The Shoshone National Forest is looking for campground hosts for the 2010 summer season. If you enjoy working with people and relish the idea of living in the great outdoors, we have a deal for you. Campground hosts are needed for the 2010 summer season - roughly mid May through mid September - at Multiple Shoshone National Forest campgrounds on the Wapiti Ranger District. Duties include greeting campers, recording visitor use, updating campground reservations, dispensing information, and performing light campground maintenance. Although hosts are volunteers and receive no pay, they are offered a free camping and parking site in the campground, a subsistence stipend of $15 per day, mileage reimbursement for required travel, propane for their trailers, and 5 gallons of gasoline a week for generators. Amenities vary by campground and may include sewer and electricity hookups, potable water, and a landline telephone.
If you're interested in being a volunteer campground host, please contact Justin Hawkins for more information, telephone 307-578-5224 or jhawkins@fs.fed.us.
Opportunity Description: Wildlife and Fish Management: Assist the wildlife biologist with wildlife surveys, habitat evaluations, and fish and wildlife habitat improvement projects on the North Slope of the Uinta Mountains. A background or interest in wildlife work desired. Volunteers will be provided housing, a vehicle and subsistence allowance. Must be able to hike rough terrain and able to drive a 4-wheel drive vehicle.
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Opportunity Description: Wilderness Information Specialist and Campground Host: Wilderness Information Specialist and Campground Host: The Green River Lakes Campground & Trailhead are located 52 miles northwest of Pinedale on a scenic glacial lake directly bordering the Bridger Wilderness. This is a remote location with the last 25 miles unpaved. The Wilderness Information Specialist provides visitor information, checks Wilderness Visitor Permits, interprets rules and regulations, collects data on visitor use statistics and impacts, assists in Search & Rescue operations at the trailhead, and educates visitors about wilderness ethics and minimum impact camping techniques. The Campground Host maintains the 39-unit Green River Lakes Campground, the trailhead facilities, and dispersed sites located along the Green River. Duties include: posting reservation sites, providing visitor information, interpreting rules and regulations, collecting data on visitor use statistics and impacts, collecting visitor use fees, and performing routine cleaning and maintenance duties, including daily toilet cleaning. A friendly couple with outgoing personality and familiarity with backpacking and horse use are preferred. Forest Service will provide subsistence, uniform vests, and a RV trailer with flush toilet and potable water. No electricity provided. RVs are on a first come first serve basis.
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Opportunity Description: Campground Hosts: Fremont Campground (7,400 feet) is located 7 miles from Pinedale on a large, natural glacial lake at the base of the Wind River Mountains. Campground vegetation includes conifers and aspen as well as colorful undergrowth. Both the campground and access to the campground is paved. The Campground Hosts maintain the 53-unit Fremont Lake Campground and a boat ramp site. Duties include posting reservation sites, providing visitor information, interpreting rules and regulations, collecting data on visitor use statistics and impacts, collecting visitor use fees, and performing routine cleaning and maintenance duties, including daily toilet cleaning. A friendly couple with outgoing personality and familiarity with backpacking and horse use are preferred. Forest Service will provide subsistence, uniform vests, and an RV with flush toilet and potable water. No electricity provided. RVs are on a first come first serve basis.
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Opportunity Description: Recreation Site Maintenance Aid: Duties of this position include maintenance of campground and trailhead facilities throughout the district, including repairing, replacing, and painting signs, tables, fire rings, and toilet buildings. Subsistence will be provided. Volunteer is expected to provide travel trailer and must be willing to move their trailer to different, remote campgrounds on the district throughout the summer season. A friendly couple with outgoing personality and experience in maintenance, including use of hand and power tools is preferred. Volunteers must be experienced trailer campers, must be able to work without direct supervision under minimal guidance, must possess a State Driver's license, and must be experienced in use of hand and power tools and general maintenance. Volunteers furnish their own trailer. Forest Service will provide subsistence and tools. Garbage service, toilets, and potable water are available at some of the campgrounds. Sewer and electricity are not available.
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Opportunity Description: Campground Host: Hobble Creek Campground (7,300 feet) is located 60 miles north of Kemmerer or 40 miles northeast of Cokeville, with a major portion of travel on gravel road. Campground is located on scenic Hobble Creek, which offers good fishing and abundant wildlife. Lake Alice is a short 1 1/2-mile hike away. Weekdays are generally quiet, with most visitor use occurring on the weekends. Volunteer performs public contact and care of 14 campsites and may also perform cleanup of dispersed campsites in the area. As a Campground Host, you will typically be expected to greet campers, provide visitor information; interpret rules and regulations, give directions, answer questions, and help campers feel at home; additionally you will clean and stock restrooms daily; perform minor maintenance, inspect the campground; and keep records on visitor use and impacts. You may be required to be on-site five days per week, especially on weekends and holidays. A Host must work well with people, be personable and neat in appearance. A Host must generally be physically able to perform some raking, shoveling and sweeping. The most important job as a Campground Host is to provide an enjoyable camping experience for the public. The Host is the first and sometimes the only contact with campground users. Subsistence and/ or incidental expenses negotiable upon availability of funds. A campsite will be provided. No hookups. A radio, uniform vests and necessary tools and supplies will be provided. This campground is remote and access is down a steep windy road, with a river ford crossing, so is more suitable to smaller RV or camper. Water is by hand pump only.
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Opportunity Description: Wilderness Ranger: Wilderness Ranger: Individual(s) will be working at remote duty stations in the Teton Wilderness. Work is performed utilizing horses and mules or on foot depending on applicant's preference and stock experience. Work duties include contacting, educating, and documenting public contacts, recording wildlife observations, and trail maintenance. Housing and subsistence provided (housing will be a cabin or wall tent depending on duty location). Living conditions are primitive: no electricity, indoor shower, outhouse, etc.
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Opportunity Description: Opportunity Description: We are looking for campground hosts, can be single host or a couple, that is willing to host campers in the Horseshoe Bend Campground at least 32 hours a week as part of the Bighorn Canyon Team. Hosts must be friendly and enjoy working with people. It will be the responsibility of the host to ensure campers have a safe and enjoyable stay in the campground. Duties: VIPs will serve as the Campground Host in a medium size campground with mainly weekend use. Hosts will provide information to park visitors, will check envelope tabs posted in campsites for fee compliance, keep a log of utility fee sites paid, and explain campground rules and regulations (such as food storage, pet policy, quiet hours, utility fees, etc.). This position provides information to visitors about Bighorn Canyon, the National Park Service, park interpretive programs, the natural and cultural resources, and other attractions in the region. Hosts will need to check to ensure that restrooms and other campground facilities are clean and notify maintenance personnel and supervisor of campground needs. Hosts may need to effectively and diplomatically handle minor problems in the campground and will immediately notify rangers about law enforcement incidents. Volunteers will be provided a park radio for communications. The Horseshoe Bend Campground Host will be cross trained with the Crooked Creek Volunteer. While this will not be their main duty, the Horseshoe Bend Host will need to be able to provide back-up for the Crooked Creek Volunteer and will be trained to staff the Crooked Creek Contact Station, collect entrance fees, and provide informal interpretation. Staffing the Contact Station includes initiating visitor contacts, providing information about the cultural and natural resources of Bighorn Canyon and surrounding areas, keep visitation records, and fill out lost and found reports. Volunteers will need be responsible for counting and collecting money, run a cash register and credit card machine, and explain Bighorn Canyon’s fee program to visitors. Other Possible Activities: Volunteers may be asked to help with the Visitor Survey during July and traffic direction during Bighorn Lake Day and the Fireworks evening. Horseshoe Bend Campground Hosts may be asked to assist in performing boat inspections, zebra mussel inspections, and boat patrols. They may also be asked to update bulletin boards in the campgrounds, stock information stations, and monitor radios in an emergency. The hosts may be asked to complete minor campground maintenance projects that could include: repairing picnic tables, painting sign posts, cleaning fire grates, ect. Skills: Volunteers need to friendly, be able to keep a daily log for park volunteer and park records, be able to count money, and feel comfortable about running a cash register and credit card machine. Housing: Hosts will live in the Horseshoe Bend Campground and will provide their own trailer or motor home, a personal vehicle that can run separately from the recreation vehicle / trailer is most convenient. There are two Volunteer sites at Horseshoe Bend. Both have Electrical, water, and sewer hookups. The Loop A site was included in the improvements made in 2008, the other site is scheduled to get new landscaping before the 2010 camping season. The Loop A host site will go to returning VIPs. Horseshoe Bend can be very windy. Tents and tent trailers are not recommended. A shared UTV may be available for running around the campground and back and forth to Crooked Creek. Park Provides: The park supplies all volunteers with a uniform volunteer shirt and hat, job supplies, orientation, training, and supervision.
Location Description:
Horseshoe Bend is the jumping off point into Bighorn Canyon. Uphill from the Horseshoe Bend Marina and picnic area, nestled in sagebrush and juniper woodland communities, the 48 campsites of the Horseshoe Bend Campground overlook the Bighorn Lake and the red sandstone cliffs of Sykes Mountain. The campground is located 14 miles north of Lovell, Wyoming via WY Hwy 37.
During the winter of 2007-08 Bighorn Canyon employees, using fee money, refurbished 19 sites to accommodate larger RVs and boats. Electrical and water hook-ups were added to theses sites. Eight of the improved sites have wind fences. The remaining 28 sites were left unchanged and are a perfect fit for small RVs or tents.
The yearly precipitation is 5 to 8 inches. High winds at the campground are not unusual. Temperatures in the summer range for highs in the 80s and 90s to a few days in the hundreds, to lows in the 50s and 60s.
Lovell, Population 2,000+, is 14 miles from the campground. A hospital, schools, supermarket, convenience stores, motels, gas stations are available in Lovell.
There is no cell or wireless internet reception at the Horseshoe Bend campground. There is some reception at Devil Canyon Overlook and a couple miles south of the park boundary. Satellite TV does work at Horseshoe Bend.
Opportunity Description: Opportunity Description: We are looking a volunteer that is willing to share the wonders of Bighorn Canyon with the public and is willing to work as part of the Bighorn Canyon Team. The volunteer must be friendly and enjoy working with people as they will be sharing information with the public and manning the Crooked Creek Contact Station. Duties: Volunteers will be trained to staff the Crooked Creek Contact Station, collect entrance fees (requires fee collection officer certification which will be provided), and provide informal interpretation. The volunteer will initiate visitor contacts, provide information about the cultural and natural resources of Bighorn Canyon and surrounding areas, keep visitation records, and fill out lost and found reports. Volunteers will need to be able to count and collect money, run a cash register and credit card machine, and explain Bighorn Canyon’s fee program to visitors. Crooked Creek Volunteers will be cross trained with the Horseshoe Bend campground host. While this will not be their main duty, Crooked Creek Volunteers will need to be able to provide back-up for the Horseshoe Bend Campground host by providing information to park visitors, perform campground fee compliance checks, and explain campground rules and regulations (such as food storage, pet policy, quiet hours, etc.). When covering for the host, Crooked Creek Volunteers will need to check to ensure that restrooms and other campground facilities are clean and notify maintenance personnel and supervisor of campground needs. Volunteers may need to effectively and diplomatically handle minor problems in the campground and will immediately notify rangers about law enforcement incidents. Volunteers will be provided a park radio for communications. Other Possible Activities: Volunteers may be asked to help with the Visitor Survey during July and traffic direction during Bighorn Lake Day and the Fireworks evening. Crooked Creek Volunteers may be asked to assist in performing boat inspections, zebra mussel inspections, and boat patrols. They may also be asked to update bulletin boards in the campgrounds and monitor radios in an emergency. Skills: Volunteers need to friendly, be able to keep a daily log for park volunteer and park records, be able to count money, and feel comfortable about running a cash register and credit card machine. Housing: Crooked Creek volunteers will live in the Horseshoe Bend Campground and will provide their own trailer or motor home, a personal vehicle that can run separately from the recreation vehicle / trailer is most convenient. There are two Volunteer sites at Horseshoe Bend. Both have Electrical, water, and sewer hookups. The newer site goes to returning VIPs. Horseshoe Bend can be very windy. Tents and tent trailers are not recommended. A shared UTV may be available for running around the campground and back and forth to Crooked Creek. Park Provides: The park supplies all volunteers with a uniform volunteer shirt and hat, job supplies, orientation, training, and supervision.
Location Description:
Horseshoe Bend is the jumping off point into Bighorn Canyon. Uphill from the Horseshoe Bend Marina and picnic area, nestled in sagebrush and juniper woodland communities, the 48 campsites of the Horseshoe Bend Campground overlook the Bighorn Lake and the red sandstone cliffs of Sykes Mountain. The campground is located 14 miles north of Lovell, Wyoming via WY Hwy 37.
During the winter of 2007-08 Bighorn Canyon employees, using fee money, refurbished 19 sites to accommodate larger RVs and boats. Electrical and water hook-ups were added to theses sites. Eight of the improved sites have wind fences. The remaining 28 sites were left unchanged and are a perfect fit for small RVs or tents.
The yearly precipitation is 5 to 8 inches. High winds at the campground are not unusual. Temperatures in the summer range for highs in the 80s and 90s to a few days in the hundreds, to lows in the 50s and 60s.
Lovell, Population 2,000+, is 14 miles from the campground. A hospital, schools, supermarket, convience stores, motels, gas stations are available in Lovell.
There is no cell or wireless internet reception at the Horseshoe Bend campground. There is some reception at Devil Canyon Overlook and a couple miles south of the park boundary.
Opportunity Description: Opportunity Description: We are looking for campground hosts, can be single host or a couple, that is willing to host campers in the Trail Creek Campground at Barry’s Landing at least 32 hours a week as part of the Bighorn Canyon Team. Hosts must be friendly and enjoy working with people. It will be the responsibility of the host to ensure campers have a safe and enjoyable stay in the campground. Duties: This position serves as the Campground Host for a small, primitive campground with primarily weekend use. Duties include providing information to park visitors about the park, interpretive programs and explaining campground rules and regulations (such as food storage, pet policy, quiet hours, etc.). As the fee station is 17 miles from this site, hosts may be asked to perform fee compliance and may be asked to sell day passes. The host checks to ensure that restrooms and other campground facilities are clean and notifies maintenance personnel and supervisor of campground needs. The Barry’s Landing boat ramp is less than a mile from the campground and hosts will monitor the camping allowed in the parking lot as well as performing traffic control involved with boat trailer parking during busy weekends. Hosts will also fill out lost and found reports, and keep a daily log for park volunteer and park records. The host may need to effectively and diplomatically handle minor problems in the campground and will immediately notify rangers about law enforcement incidents. The hosts will be provided a park radio for communications. Other Possible Activities: Volunteers may be asked to help with the Visitor Survey during July and traffic direction during Bighorn Lake Day and the Fireworks evening. Hosts may be asked to assist in performing boat inspections, zebra mussel inspections, and boat patrols. They may also be asked to update bulletin boards in the campgrounds, stock information stations, and monitor radios in an emergency. The hosts may be asked to complete minor campground maintenance projects that could include: repairing picnic tables, painting sign posts, cleaning fire grates, ect. Skills: Hosts need to friendly and be able to keep a daily log for park volunteer and park records. Housing: Hosts will provide their own trailer, motor home, tent trailer, or tent. A personal vehicle that can run separately from the recreation vehicle / trailer is most convenient. There are no hook-ups at this site. A 200-gallon water tank on a small trailer is available for the hosts. A water and sewage dump is available in the Horseshoe Bend campground 17 miles south of Trail Creek or a portable sewage holding tank is provided that can be dumped into one of the vault toilets at Trail Creek. Solar panels, two storage batteries and a wind generator have been installed for electrical generation for the host’s use during the summer. Hosts will test and log the power capabilities of this system. Park Provides: The park supplies all volunteers with a uniform volunteer shirt and hat, job supplies, orientation, training, and supervision. A 200-gallon water tank on a small trailer is available for the hosts and a portable sewage holding tank is provided that can be dumped into one of the vault toilets at Trail Creek.
Location Description:
Bighorn Canyon cuts across the north end of the Bighorn Mountains for 50 miles with walls towering up to 2,000 feet about 71-mile long Bighorn Lake. Trail Creek is primitive campground 27 miles north of Lovell, Wyoming, via WY Hwy 37 and the park road. It has 15 sites, 5 are tent only, nestled among various deciduous trees that line the side canyon of Trail Creek. Two vault toilets are available, but there is no drinking water or RV hookups. Most of the sites are small.
The yearly precipitation is 9 to 10 inches. High winds at the campground are not unusual. Temperatures in the summer range for highs in the 80s and 90s to a few days in the hundreds, to lows in the 50s and 60s.
Lovell, Population 2,000+, is 27 miles from the campground. A hospital, schools, supermarket, convenience stores, motels, gas stations are available in Lovell.
There is no cell or wireless internet reception at Trail Creek. There is some reception at Devil Canyon Overlook, a couple miles north of Trail Creek near the Lockhart Ranch, and a couple miles south of the park boundary. Satellite TV does work at Trail Creek.
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