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Interpretation / Interpretive Center

Website Bureau of Land Management

Job category:
Maintenance
Volunteer
Compensation: RV Site Only
Hookups: Unknown - Inquire
Wi-Fi: Unknown
Pets OK?: Unknown

Job Description

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DATES: 5/1/2021 – 10/31/2021

This position assists interpretive rangers by conducting formal and informal interpretation and providing environmental education/outreach to local schools.

 

The Interpretive Education Volunteer is responsible for assisting interpretive rangers by conducting formal and informal programs pertaining to the history, geology, and cultural significance of the site, and is a vital part of our environmental education program and outreach to local schools. They assist park rangers with research, developing programs, displays, and signs. Additional duties include: greeting visitors and sharing information about the Pillar; assisting with front desk and special events; and informing visitors of rules and regulations. Training will be provided with an orientation to the site. This position may require long periods of standing as well as some walking/hiking and raising and lowering the flag. A minimum of 24 hours per week is required ( RV couples can split the hours). Most shifts are 8 hours long. A minimum of 3 months is required but 6 months is preferred. Due to the remoteness, reliable personal transportation and a valid driver’s license are also required. Please include whether or not you have a federal background check in place and three references (with phone numbers) in section 19 of the application. References should be unrelated to you and able to speak about your ability and/or aptitude for the position. Also, couples must complete applications for EACH person.
DUTIES
  • Greet visitors, share information, and inform visitors of rules and regulations
  • Assist with front desk and special events
  • Accurately answer a variety of questions from basic orientation to historic interpretation
  • Provide culturally sensitive and appropriate interpretation of controversial topics
  • Assist with formal and informal programs pertaining to the history, geology, and cultural significance of the site based upon outlines developed by the volunteer or monument employees
  • Present environmental education programs and outreach to local schools
  • Assist park rangers with research, developing programs, displays, and signs
  • Wear official Bureau of Land Management uniform
  • Help maintain visitor, volunteer, and staff safety

* Training will be provided with an orientation to the site.
* Our research library and archive are available to volunteers and feature many resources for interpreters including first-hand accounts and scholarly works.
* This position may require long periods of standing as well as some walking/hiking and raising and lowering the flag.

QUALIFICATIONS
  • Ability to work with a wide variety of people with diverse backgrounds and ages
  • Enthusiastic, friendly, positive attitude
  • Knowledge of how to research materials related to cultural and natural resources
  • Strong public speaking skills and interpersonal skills are desired
  • Passion to share knowledge of cultural or natural resources related to the Monument
  • Use of basic audio visual equipment
  • Experience using computers with databases and internet
  • Ability to follow policies and procedures
  • Available to work days, evenings, holidays, and weekends

Pompeys Pillar National Monument encompasses 51 acres on the banks of the Yellowstone River with a massive sandstone outcrop covering about 2 acres at its base and rising 120 feet high toward Montana’s Big Sky. The monument’s premier location at a natural ford in the Yellowstone River, and its geologic distinction as the only major sandstone formation in the area, have made Pompeys Pillar a celebrated landmark and outstanding observation point for more than eleven thousand years of human occupation. Hundreds of markings, petroglyphs, and inscriptions left by visitors have transformed this geologic phenomenon into a living journal of the American West.

Pompeys Pillar is also a National Conservation Lands site. The area supports a variety of wildlife including deer, fox, coyotes, raccoons and numerous small mammals, amphibians and reptiles. Much of the wildlife population is a result of the site’s thriving riparian zone, a healthy plant community of grasses, willows and cottonwood trees. The river supports many neo-tropical migratory bird species and the riparian corridor allows for nesting and safe resting cover during migration.

Weather and Climate:
The area around Pompeys Pillar remains relatively dry year round. Summers are short, hot, and mostly clear. Situated along a riparian corridor, the site can have high humidity and ample mosquitoes during the summer months. Winters are freezing, windy, and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 20°F to 90°F and is rarely below -2°F or above 98°F.

  Avg High °F Record High Avg Low °F Record Low Avg Precipitation in
May 69 104 43 12 2.29
June 78 107 51 31 2.48
July 87 109 56 37 1.21
August 87 108 54 36 0.89
September 74 104 43 19 1.36
October 61 93 32 -13 1.11

Limited Accessibility/Boardwalk Closure: The Bureau of Land Management Billings Field Office is currently restricting access to the staircase and boardwalk that leads to the top of Pompeys Pillar. The restrictions will be in place while the BLM completes an analysis and stabilization of the pillar’s outcroppings. Visitors will be restricted from using the boardwalk until further notice. The monument and adjacent BLM lands will remain open during this time.
More information on the monument can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/montana-dakotas/pompeys-pillar

RV Hookups may be available. 

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