Position Description
Middle Fork Peak Lookout: The Salmon/Cobalt Ranger District is seeking responsible and independent individuals to staff the Middle Fork Peak Lookout. This lookout is positioned above the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. It is accessible by 4WD vehicle and is less than a mile from the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness on three sides. It is very remote and requires someone who loves solitude. This is a rare opportunity in a beautiful location.

Duties require the ability to use a firefinder, radio and a map.

This lookout has living quarters.

Volunteer stipend includes a subsistence rate of $19.00 per day.

Desired dates are mid-July through September.

Position Description
A rare opportunity to volunteer in a Forest Service lookout is available from mid-July through September on the Umpqua National Forest. The Pig Iron Lookout is located 1.5 air miles east of Tokatee Lake and a 45 minute drive, or 15 road miles, from the Tokatee Ranger Station. The lookout is accessible by a narrow, graveled forest road, and the 10 by 10 foot building sits below the summit to get a better 180 degree view of the Diamond Lake Ranger District.This voluntary position will be a solitary one. It requires the ability to use a Forest Service two way radio and firefinder as well as read a map. Training will be provided. Other potentially useful skills wwould include handling minor carpentry, greeting visitors to the lookout, and providing information on lookouts and local forest recreational activities.This is a rustic volunteer assignment. There is no potable water, no powwer and no telephone. Cell phone service is possible, depending on carrier. No volunteer reimbursement is avaiable beyond fulfilling a lifelong dream to staff an historic fire lookout.

Position Description
RESIDENTS IN NEARBY COMMUNITIES, would you like to help preserve and protect your nearby national park? You can assist in various ways. If you live near MINERAL, assistance with our library, safety program, visitor contact stations, and computer projects are especially needed. You might assist year-round with data entry, slide scanning, natural resources research, cultural resources collections, recycling, groundskeeping, maintenance, and computer upgrades. If you live near MANZANITA LAKE, you might assist year-round in visitor contact stations, or in summer with weed control and maintenance projects. If you live near CHESTER, you might assist in the summer as a Juniper Lake Campground Host. High school juniors and older might assist as interpretive interns in the summer. We also have opportunities for visitor information providers who will be stationed along the park road this summer. Applicants should be able to work in an organized, dependable, safe manner. Personal transportation to jobsite is required. Generally, no housing is provided for these positions, but a campsite may be depending on the season.

Position Description
Works in cooperation with the Resource Management Specialist and other park staff on natural resource projects in the park. Volunteer will be responsible for working on different biological field studies, surveys, habitat projects. Such duties include: water quality testing and monitoring, visitor and grazing impact studies, wildlife surveys and monitoring, hazardous fuel removal, Gypsy Moth monitoring, bird surveyor, invasive plant control and GIS/GPS maping.

Qualifications: Must possess experience or education in biological or natural resources. Must be able to work in adverse weather conditions and in high heat and humidity. Most work is performed in the field, often on uneven terrain with poor footing, moderate to heavy lifting may be required. If using a government vehicle a valid drivers license is required

We have a volunteer and seasonal house with five rooms and three baths. Space is limited during the summer. Applications must be in early, because seasonal park guides receive first spaces. No RV Hookups.

Position Description
We are looking for volunteers willing to commit 10-40 hours per week assisting with our vegetation management programs such as forestry, exotic plant removal in a variety of habitats, vegetation sampling for long term monitoring plots and fire effects monitoring. Depending on their interests, participants in our volunteer internship program will learn valuable skills in the fields of resource management and forestry or botany such as forestry plot sampling and general vegetation plot sampling methodologies, plant collection and identification, exotic plant management and control, and use of standard equipment such as BAF prisms, and GPS units. Participants will also have the opportunity to experience applied vegetation management and forestry in a real world setting.

We encourage students to consider working on senior theses, master’s theses and other university related projects at the park, as long as they meet our permit criteria. Forestry: Interns will have the opportunity to learn to conduct variable radius plot sampling, fixed radius plot sampling, use standard forestry equipment such as BAF prisms, GPS units, map/compass, clinometers etc. Work involves extensive fieldwork establishing a network of plots in a variety of forest types throughout the park.Exotic plant management and control: Interns will have the opportunity to participate in exotic plant management and control in a variety of vegetation types including coastal dunes, coastal scrub, prairies, oak woodlands, and various forest types. Use of GPS units, map and compass, weed wrenches and other weed tools.

Fire effects monitoring: Interns will assist the Klamath-Cascade fire effects monitoring team in establishing and reading vegetation plots in a variety of habitats. There may be opportunities for travel to other northern California parks such as Whiskeytown and Lassen Volcanic. Skills to be learned and tools used include: Map and compass, GPS, vegetation sampling, plant identification, plant collection and processing for herbarium, fuels transect installation, and prescribed fire support (firefighter training not provided).

Long term vegetation monitoring: Interns will assist staff botanists in installing and reading standard vegetation plots in a variety of habitats throughout the parks. Skills to be learned include GPS, vegetation sampling, plant identification, plant collection and processing for herbarium.

Qualifications: Applicants should have a strong desire and willingness to work in the field, be able to get along with others in a team setting, able to work long hours outdoors and an interest in natural sciences. Applicants must be reliable and willing to seriously commit to their agreed upon schedule.

Work Conditions: Depending on the program and the season, work may involve arduous hiking through rough, steep terrain in adverse weather conditions (rain, heat), exposure to poison oak, contact with ticks and other hazards of outdoor work.

Location: Fieldwork may be conducted throughout Redwood National and State Parks (Orick to Crescent City). Duty station is located at South Operations Center, Orick, CA (45 min. drive north of Arcata on US Hwy 101). Applicant must provide her or his own transportation to our offices in Orick on workdays.

Housing: Free housing in Klamath (Requa) may be available for interns working at least 32 hours per week. Unfortunately, no stipends are available for these positions at this time. Background checks may be done.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity to learn about resource management in action in a local park setting and are a hard worker, please contact one of us! Jason Teraoka, Forester: (707) 465-7783 Stassia Samuels, Plant Ecologist: 465-7784 Scott Powell, Rare plants: 465-7782

Position Description
Wilderness Ranger: Individual will serve as part of 2-3 person ranger crews in the Lee Metcalf Wilderness and surrounding Gallatin National Forest backcountry areas. Crews will be required to spend four consecutive days in the backcountry with three days off, though trips may last as long as eight consecutive days in the backcountry followed by six days off. Work may be performed by backpacking or with riding and pack stock, depending upon projects and individual preferences and skills.

This is arduous work involving clearing downfall from trails with crosscut saws and axes, installing and clearing drainage structures such as waterbars and checkdams, and building and maintaining larger trail structures such as bridges and turnpikes. Housing, subsistence, and training provided.

Contact Darin Fisher at the provided email or phone number for further details.

2 Positions

June - September

Position Description
Wilderness Ranger: Individual will be part of a 2-3 person crew working in the Teton Wilderness. Crew will be required to live and work 9 consecutive days in the backcountry with 5 days off. This is arduous work that involves clearing trails of downfall with crosscut saws, installing drainage structures, and constructing trail structures. Work is performed utilizing horses and mules; therefore, stock experience desired. Housing and subsistence provided.

• 2 positions
• June - October

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Position Description
Project Name: Volunteers Girl Scouts USA Purpose: The purpose of Girl Scouts is inspiring girls with the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism, and service so they may become resourceful citizens. The mission of the National Park Service is to preserve and protect our nation’s natural and cultural resources. Description: Girl Scouts USA offers an informal educational and recreational program designed to help each girl develop values and sense of worth as an individual. It provides opportunities for girls to experience, to discover, and to share planned activities of interests. National Park Service and Girl Scouts USA, working together at appropriate local and regional levels, will foster communications with respect to their programs and activities relating to the conservation, management, protection and development of the national parks’ natural and cultural resources. Also, work will be done cooperatively on the Take Pride in America initiative, as well as other NPS programs. Location: Whitman Mission National Historic Site Materials: Clothing, footwear and gloves which match the character of the work performed.

Position Description
Project Name: Volunteers National Public Lands DayPurpose: National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands American’s enjoy. Description: In 2006, about 100,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, planted trees and plants, and removed trash and invasive plants. Join us Saturday, September 29, 2007 for the 14th annual National Public Lands Day and help us care for our land. We invite everybody from federal land management agencies to state parks and playgrounds in local neighborhoods to participate.Location: Whitman Mission National Historic SiteMaterials: Clothing, footwear and gloves which match the character of the work performed.

Position Description
Help make a difference! Volunteers play a vital role in helping the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service fulfill its mission of conserving, protecting and enhancing America's fish and wildlife populations and their habitats.

Volunteers at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge have always been an integral part of the staff. They have assisted with numerous projects ranging from wildlife inventories to presenting interpretive programs, and their help has been instrumental in the accomplishment of a number of refuge projects and activities.

The St. Marks NWR Volunteer Program seeks to combine the interests of the volunteer with the work needed to be accomplished in order to achieve a productive partnership, one which will ensure the preservation of resources within the refuge.

The program is actually made up of three smaller programs, each adding its own uniqueness to the overall operations of the refuge. The programs are made up of the following: General Volunteers, Resident Volunteers, and Internships. Each program offers hands-on, working experience in the day-to-day activities of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.

General Volunteer Program: This program represents our most critical area of operations. Volunteers perform duties in three areas of refuge operations: Visitor Services Environmental Education Resource Management Visitor Services is a mile-stone in refuge operations.

Volunteers perform many duties such as both formal and informal interpretation, staff the refuge visitor center, provide information to the general public, issue passes and facilitate our general hunt program.

Environmental Education is focused more in its interpretation. Volunteers are trained to lead school groups in activities that are designed to educate the students about the world around them.

Education Volunteers form the back-bone of the refuge's volunteer outreach activities, and as such they must undergo more specialized training than those who only work in visitor services.

"Resource Management is a broad term that encompasses many different jobs. Volunteers performing resource management duties do a lot of different things. They assist our forestry staff in cruising timber, they assist our wildlife biology staff with wildlife monitoring activities, and they assist our maintenance staff with trail improvements and minor construction projects.

The St. Marks General Volunteer Program has something to offer everybody. Volunteers can choose those activities that they feel will meet their needs even if some of the activities encompass more than just one area of refuge operations. Applications for the general volunteer program are accepted year-round.

Resident Volunteer Program: This program offers a unique opportunity for recreational vehicle and/or trailer volunteers to live and work at the refuge. It is only open to those volunteer candidates who own their own trailer and/or RV. Volunteers commit to work at the refuge 32 hours a week, for a minimum of thirty days. In exchange for their services, the refuge provides a full hook-up trailer pad plus access to garbage and laundry facilities. Volunteers perform work in the same area of operations as do our general volunteer staff, i.e. visitor services, environmental education and resource management.

Resident Volunteer positions usually begin by late September and run through the first of May. Applications are accepted year-round.

The Internship Program: This unique opportunity provides an excellent introductory experience into the operations of a national wildlife refuge. Candidates perform a variety of natural resource management activities and visitor services, and they are introduced to many different facets of managing a wildlife. refuge. This opportunity is available as a full-time position only.

Full-time internships are 40 hours a week, The internships usually run in twelve week increments for a total of three working months; however, this schedule can be amended depending on the needs of the applicant and/or site management. Dorm-style housing is available on a limited basis.

Internship Qualifications: Must be willing to work as a team Good written and verbal communication skills Must be willing to engage in some strenuous activities Willingness to speak in front of groups Willingness to do some routine administrative tasks (data entry, filling, etc.) Basic computer skills, foreign language skills and/or prior forestry experience a plus.

Position Description
Assists with vegetation and/or wildlife management – establishes native species, manages invasive exotic species, and monitors rare and endangered species. Collects and organizes field data. Makes field observations of natural resource conditions. Evaluates observed conditions and problems. Assists in the preparation of reports, plans, and guidelines. Installs, operates, maintains, and inventories equipment.

Position Description
McFaddin and Texas Point NWRs offer a variety of excellent volunteer opportunities. The refuges can always utilize theskills of carpenters, computer wizards, mechanics, biologists, administrative gurus and/or enthusiastic andwilling people! If marshes, beaches, bayous, airboats, fishing, hunting, crabbing, mosquitoes and peace andquiet appeal to you, come on down to the McFaddin and Texas Point NWRs!! We would love to have you aspart of our team.

Position Description
Resident Volunteer Opportunities: For 32 hours a week, resident volunteers receive full hook-up, laundry facilities and the wonderful experience of living on the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. Volunteers who enjoy working for wildlife are encouraged to apply. Space is limited so call today!