Job Description
CAMPGROUND: Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge
DEPT: Fish & Wildlife Service
AVAILABILITY: 1/1/2021–12/31/2021
RV INFORMATION: Volunteers must provide their own RV/trailer/fully equipped camper. Camper pads include water, sewer, electricity hook-ups, with free laundry access near by.
DESCRIPTION
Volunteer Activities• Office/Clerical • Other • Trail/Campground Maintenance • Visitor Information • Fish/Wildlife • Back Country/Wilderness • General Assistance • Weed/Invasive Species Control DescriptionMattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge in eastern North Carolina is currently recruiting Resident volunteers for 2021. Spring and summer are beautiful here but these months can be on the quiet side. Winter is our peak attraction season with thousands of migrating tundra swans, snow geese and a wide variety of ducks arriving to spend the winter with us. Resident volunteers work in the visitor center/gift shop.and assist with light maintenance such as trash pick up, landscaping, etc. This is an ideal situation for couples, but we also welcome single volunteers. Couples work 24 hours each per week; a single volunteer works 32 hours per week. Our camper pad is located on the canal leading to the lakeand has water, sewer, and electric hookups, with a convenient free laundry facility. The weather is usually quite mild. If you like rustic, rural, picturesque surroundings, away from bright city lights, we’re just the place for you. Located in Hyde County, the refuge is an easy drive to the ocean and some of our larger near-by towns. Visit our website at www.fws.gov/refuge/mattamuskeet. If you are available and interested, please contact us. We have non-paid RV volunteer opportunities year round. We usually schedule volunteers for three – six month assignments. We provide camper pads with full hook ups, but do not offer any other housing for volunteers on the refuge. Responsibilities include staffing the visitor center and gift shop , trash pick up and ilight grounds maintenance such as mowing early spring thru late fall. We also maintain a pollinator garden, so some light gardening is included in the duties. If you like rustic, rural surroundings, away from the bright city lights, we’re just the place for you. Our 40,000 acre lake is the largest natural lake in North Carolina, with about 10,000 acres of surrounding woodlands and water impoundments. We are home to thousands of migrating tundra swans, snow geese, Canada geese, and a wide variety of ducks. during the winter. The birds leave in the early spring. This area is popular all spring, summer and fall for fishing and crabbing and photography, not for swimming (we do have alligators). The refuge is open daylight hours only; no overnight camping is allowed. Located in Hyde County (eastern NC), the refuge is an easy drive to the ocean or some of our nearby larger towns, like Washington and Greenville. Check out our website (www.fws.gov/refuge/mattamuskeet). If you think this is the opportunity you’re looking for, please contact tracey.rock@fws.gov HOUSING & AMENITIESType: Trailer/RV PadsDescription: Volunteers must provide their own RV/trailer/fully equipped camper. Camper pads include water, sewer, electricity hook-ups, with free laundry access near by.