Volunteer
Job Description
Creamers Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
This 2000-acre state refuge is only 3 miles from downtown Fairbanks. The pastoral setting is popular with locals and visitors. The weather is often warm and sunny. A dairy farm from 1910 to 1966, Creamer’s is now a refuge managed by the Alaska State Department of Fish and Game. A variety of habitats support a diversity of plant and animal communities. Farm roads and trails lead from dairy buildings to fields, wetlands and forest.
Duties: Staff the Farmhouse Visitor Center, greet visitors to refuge, sell gift shop items, and maintain visitor use logs, grounds keeping, some maintenance, and minor litter pickup/janitorial. Host may assist with the interpretive programs depending on experience.
Amenities: Private parking for RV with full “hook-up”: electricity, water, telephone and sewer. Private shower is within pleasant walking distance.
Duty Periods: Six weeks of long weekends only (Saturday, Sunday and Monday): mid May to late June, or late June to early August, or early August to mid September.
Contact: Mark D. Ross, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game
Creamer’s Field
1300 College Rd.
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Ph: 907-459-7301
Fax: 907-451-9723
email: mark.ross@alaska.gov