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Job Description
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AREA: Chugach Region
Chugach Area Office
18620 Seward Hwy.
Anchorage, AK 99516
The following positions were open as of 11/18/20 according to the website. For full listings for this region/area, visit: http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/vip/hstchgch.htm
Bird Creek Campground
Bird campground is located between the highway and picturesque Turnagain Arm, which is famous for its bore tides and its beluga whales. A mixed forest of birch and spruce surrounding the campground provides an attractive background for 24 camping sites. Nearby Bird Creek is a stocked salmon fishery managed by the Department of Fish and Game. Bird Campground is within easy travel distance of Anchorage.
Job duties:Provide visitor information, daily visit counts, light maintenance, park watch, and daily campground management. Need to possess a high interest in public contact and offering public information on trails, hazards, and directions. Position offers great opportunities and physical exercise for the recreation minded person.
Amenities:Subsistence allowance, phone, electricity (by generator), water, and dump.
Season: 5 months, 5/1 – 9/30, entire season desired.
For contact information, visit: http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/vip/hstchgch.htm
Bird Creek Campground Overflow
The Overflow Campground is located above the highway with views of Turnagain Arm, which is famous for its Bore Tides and its beluga whales. It is well known for its quiet family atmosphere where people return to year after year. The campground receives high use on holidays with moderate to high use on most weekends. The host site has electrical, water, and septic hookups.
Job duties:
Provides visitor information, daily visit counts, light maintenance, and park watch. Need to possess a high interest in public contact and offering public information on trails, hazards, and directions. Position offers great opportunities and physical exercise for the recreation minded person.
Amenities: Subsistence allowance, phone, electricity, water, and septic.
Season: 5 months, 5/1 – 9/30, entire season desired.
For contact information, visit: http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/vip/hstchgch.htm
McHugh Creek Day Use Area
McHugh Creek provides stunning views of the Kenai Mountains and Turnagain Arm. It consists of 30 parking spaces, latrines, picnic tables and fire pits. Belugas and the popular bore tides are often summer time attractions. A jumping off point for the Turnagain Arm area, many people use McHugh to access the many trails paralleling the Seward highway. On weekends, McHugh creek fills with picnickers and nature viewers. During spring and early summer it is common to see moose calves wandering with their mothers throughout the area.
Job Duties:
Visitor information, daily visit counts, light maintenance, and park watch. Need a high interest in public contact and offering public information on trails, hazards, and directions. Applicant should have a strong interest in hiking. Position offers great opportunities and physical exercise for the recreation minded person.
Amenities:Subsistence allowance, phone, electricity, water, and septic.
Season:5 months, 5/1 – 9/30, entire season desired.
For contact information, visit: http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/vip/hstchgch.htm
Eklutna Lake Campground (2 host positions)
This popular 50 site campground also has an 8-site overflow, two group camping sites, picnic area, and trailhead to 30 miles of trail. It is located one hour north of Anchorage at the western end of 8-mile long glacier-fed Eklutna Lake. The area offers opportunities for hiking, mountain biking, ATV’ing, horseback riding, kayaking, and fishing.
Job duties:
Host duties include welcoming campers and day users and acquainting them with the park area and facilities; light maintenance, informing visitors of park regulations and fees; staffing an entrance fee station on the weekends and holidays. Assist the area park ranger and staff with the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the campground facilities. There are two positions, one for the main campground and one for the overflow campground.
Amenities:
Subsistence allowance, electricity, phone, water, and dump. No pets permitted in state housing or vehicles.
Season:
4 months, 5/15 – 9/15, entire season preferred.
For contact information, visit: http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/vip/hstchgch.htm
Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge: Potter Marsh (1 host position)
Nestled between Cook Inlet and the Chugach Mountains, this 32,000 acre state wildlife refuge cradles the southern and western edge of the City of Anchorage. The refuge’s tide flats and wetlands support 215 species of birds, 20 species of mammals, 5 species of Pacific salmon, and other wildlife. Potter Marsh, a 520 acre freshwater marsh, is the most accessible and popular area of the refuge and contains several day-use wildlife viewing sites including a half-mile of elevated boardwalks, viewing decks, spotting scopes, and short trails. The marsh provides habitat for shorebirds, waterfowl, bald eagles, moose, brown and black bears, beavers, muskrats, spawning salmon, and many other species.
Duties: Overall supervision of visitor use sites, greet visitors in an informal setting on boardwalks and viewing sites, provide information and answer questions, and light maintenance. Optional duties for interested volunteer include staffing wildlife viewing sites and conducting informal bird identification walks.
Amenities: RV/Trailer host parking area (volunteer must provide own RV or camper), freshwater and wastewater holding tanks, subsistence reimbursement (with receipts) up to $575/month, electrical generator, cooking and heating fuel, uniform, and cell phone are provided. Showers are available at nearby refuge facility.
Season: Mid-May through mid-September, entire season preferred but may be split.
For contact information, visit: http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/vip/hstchgch.htm