Interagency Volunteer Pass
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Costs:
Free
Benefits
- Honored nationwide at all Forest
Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management,
Bureau of Reclamation, and US Fish & Wildlife Service sites
charging entrance or standard
amenity fees.
- Valid for 12 months from the month
of issue. Expires the last day of the month punched.
- Admits pass holder and any accompanying
passengers in a private non-commercial vehicle.
- At per-person fee areas, admits
pass holder and up to 3 persons. Persons 15 and younger
are admitted free of charge.
Validation
The date is validated by the issuer
at the time of issue. The pass is not valid for use until
volunteer signs the pass.
Display
At staffed sites, show your pass to
the booth attendant.
At unstaffed sites, use hangtag
to display pass from rear-view mirror. Hangtags are available
at Forest Service offices.
At per-person sites, present pass
upon request.
Other Important Details
The pass is available through agency
volunteer program coordinators. Work with your local forest volunteer
coordinator to ensure your volunteer hours are tracked and recorded.
The pass can be issued free of charge
to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who individually
accrues 500 volunteer hours.
A volunteer may begin to accrue hours
on or after January 1, 2007.
There is no specific time frame in
which the volunteer hours must be accrued. If a person is awarded
a pass for volunteering 500 or more hours, their volunteer time
goes back to zero in terms of counting the next 500 hours. Only
one pass may be issued per year to an individual.
Volunteer hours may be accrued for
any agency-sponsored volunteer activity. Individual volunteers
may also accumulate hours while working with a group.
Interagency
Volunteer Passes are non-transferable and non-replaceable if
lost or stolen.
The Interagency Volunteer Pass
belongs to the signer only and s/he must be present for the
pass to be used. Photo identification may be requested to verify
pass ownership.
One decal for open topped vehicles
may be issued free with an Interagency Volunteer Pass. Decals
can only be used for motorcycles or open-topped vehicles at unstaffed
sites and are only valid with an Interagency Volunteer Pass.
Interagency Volunteer Passes
do NOT cover expanded
amenity fees or special
recreation permits.
How to Obtain a Pass and Hangtag
Interagency Volunteer Passes
are available at most national forest or grassland offices.
Use the following link to find a web site to a national forest
or grassland located near you. Contact the office you plan to
volunteer for, using information provided on local web sites,
to ensure your volunteer hours are tracked and recorded.
Share the Experience Photo Contest
Each year a new photo, which is selected
through an annual contest, adorns the Interagency
Annual and Interagency
Volunteer Passes. We invite you to go out to your favorite spots, snap
some pictures and submit them to Share
the Experience Photo Contest.
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