Volunteer Campground Host (Shirttail Creek)

Local activities in the vicinity include: Hiking on a paved trail around the lake, boating (10 MPH speed limit) swimming, canoeing, fishing, bicycle riding, hunting in the fall, kayak rentals, and Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) trails and shooting locations nearby. Excellent volunteer candidates for these positions will have the following strengths:

• Outgoing personality with strong verbal communication skills
• Ability to perform light maintenance work in outdoor conditions
• Ability to maintain daily written logs
• Ability to interact with diverse visitors while maintaining a positive, helpful and non-confrontational attitudeHost Duties will include the following:

• Welcoming visitors and providing appropriate Forest information
• Informing visitors of Forest Regulations and campground Courtesy Rules
• Encouraging fee compliance and Courtesy Rule adherence
• Tracking daily arrivals and posting incoming reservations
• Performing light landscape and bathroom maintenance.
• Reporting emergencies and providing District Recreation staff with pertinent daily information
• Setting a positive camping example for other forest visitors, keeping a clean, presentable and welcoming campsite and encouraging common courtesy throughout the campground.

Requirements of the positions

• Pass a minimal background check and possess a valid state driver’s license.
• Volunteer 4 hours a day / 20 hours weekly and be available other times for public interactions
• Provide your own personal RV accommodations maintained to be welcoming and approachable by the public.Local Recreation Staff will provide full training and support in duties. Hosts perform daily responsibilities independently without direct supervision. Forest Recreation employees will make near daily contact to provide support, heavy maintenance and regulatory compliance.  On the Tahoe National Forest you will be working individually in your designated campground, but also as part of a larger Forest wide campground host program with up to 35 other volunteer hosts. Specific campsite conditions vary greatly from low elevation riverside campgrounds to higher elevation, mountain, lakeside settings. The majority of Hosts sites have minimal services. Some may have electricity, some may have water and some have waste holding tanks.