Volunteer
Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a09t000000CkIy6AAF/lake-moomaw-camp-host
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ADDRESS:
Warm Springs Ranger District
422 Forestry Road
Hot Springs, Virginia 24445
DEPT: Forest Service
DATES: 5/16/2022 – 9/6/2022
DESCRIPTION:
Welcome potential volunteers!
We’re once again excited to post Forest Service volunteer opportunities at Lake Moomaw! The Forest Service is in the second year of operations at Lake Moomaw after 15 years of concessionaires and we need your help. Serve a critical role as a campground host, living on the lake in a full hook up camp host site. This position is focused on customer service, providing information and services to campers. Good candidates would be friendly, good with people and outgoing. Camp hosts will clean restrooms daily, restock bathrooms as needed, clean camp sites when campers leave and report any issues to a Forest Service Employee. A partial uniform will be provided along with a golf cart while working. Valid drivers license is required, background checks may be necessary. couples are welcome.
- Drivers License
- General Assistance
- Visitor Information
- Working with People
The campground sits on the northern end of Lake Moomaw, a manmade lake covering 2,530 acres along the Jackson River. The lake is held by Gathright Dam, constructed in the 1980’s by the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control. The lake’s average depth is 80 feet and it has 43 miles of wooded shoreline making it the second largest impoudment in western Virginia.
Bolar Mountain is part of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest which span 1.8 million acres across Virginia and parts of West Virginia and Kentucky. The forest protects 40 tree species within mostly Appalachian hardwood and mixed pine-hardwood forests, 60 species of mammals and 200 species of birds.