Volunteer
Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a093d000000W9lAAAS/mount-rainier-interpretation-2022
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ADDRESS: Mount Rainier National Park; 55210 238th Avenue East; Ashford, Washington 98304
DEPT: National Park Service
DATES: 5/22/2022 – 9/9/2022
DESCRIPTION:
Interpretive Volunteer Position(s): Mount Rainier National Park – Full Time with campground hook-up site and limited expenses reimbursement included.
This is a full-time volunteer opportunity. Housing is included in the form of an RV/trailer site.
Description: Full time interpretive volunteer (or couple) needed to assist with interpretation services on the west side of Mount Rainier National Park (Longmire and Paradise). The successful applicant(s) will work a minimum of 36 hours per week (combined 36 hours if a couple) for 16 weeks.
Volunteer(s) will primarily work at busy information desks inside Longmire Museum and Henry M Jackson Visitor Center at Paradise providing information/interpretive services to park visitors. Other optional duties can include roving informal interpretation and facilitating an interpretive program. Training provided. CDC Covid safety guidelines will be followed.
We are a fun group to work with! Come and enjoy/share this crown jewel of the NPS with visitors this summer!
Successful completion of a federal investigative background check is required.
NOTE: A self-contained RV/Travel trailer or local residence is required for this position.
Housing and reimbursement: Housing trailer pad for up to 40′ RV/trailer available (paid by program). Up to $20 per day expenses reimbursement provided (receipts required).
Dates and time requirement: Target dates are for 16 weeks: May 22- September 9. However, start and end dates are negotiable.
Qualifications:
- Good communication skills and a genuine enjoyment of people.
- Maturity, a positive attitude, and the ability to think on your feet.
- General knowledge of park resources and regulations, and the desire to continue learning and applying new knowledge.
- Ability to work independently.
- Conservation Education
- Public Speaking
- Visitor Information
- Working with People
Mount Rainier is a 14,410′ active volcano ringed by glaciers, subalpine meadows, old growth forests, and trails. Between 1.5 and 2 million people visit every year, mostly but not exclusively during the summer. Winter’s snowpack can be 16 feet deep or more, and does not completely melt until July in most years. It begins to accumulate again in October, making for a very short and intense growing season dominated by riotous displays of wildflowers in the park’s high elevation meadows. The short season also makes the meadows fragile; even a few people walking off the trail in the same place can cause some flower species to disappear. Commonly seen animals include marmots, ground squirrels, chipmunks, birds, and deer; less commonly spotted are pika, fox, weasels, bear, elk, and mountain goats. Mountain lions are present but rarely seen. Two of the park’s primary visitors are in this subalpine zone: Paradise, on the south side of the Mountain at 5400′ elevation, and Sunrise, on the northeast side at 6400′. The road to Paradise is kept plowed year-round, but Sunrise typically does not open until the end of June.
Volunteers are offered free camping while they volunteer (either the night before and/or the night after a work day). The Longmire Stewardship Campground is in the southwest corner of the park, below Paradise, and the White River Campground is in the northeast corner, below Sunrise.
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