Volunteer
Summer
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Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a09SJ00000KeHwH
ADDRESS: 2850 Prairie Du Chien Road NE Iowa City, Iowa, 52240-7820
DATES: 4/17/2026 – 10/18/2026
DEPT: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Dam Complex Recreation area includes four campgrounds: Linder Point, Tailwater East, Tailwater West and West Overlook. The West Overlook Day Use Area (WODU) has one large group shelter, three individual shelters, a playground, a volleyball court, a beach, a boat ramp, and 3 vault restrooms.
Volunteer duties include but are not limited to:
1. Conduct custodial duties at the West Overlook Day Use Area on scheduled days. Custodial duties include cleaning of (3) vault restrooms, emptying trash cans and replacing with a new liner, cleaning the large group shelter and three small shelters, cleaning pedestal grills, cleaning picnic tables, cleaning playground, picking up litter in all areas to include beach, parking lot, mowed areas and non-mowed areas.
2. Replace campsite carsonite posts in all campgrounds as needed.
3. Landscaping and weeding flower beds located in the Dam Complex.
4. Trail work to include invasive species removal as well as litter pick up.
5. Painting projects.
6. Emptying recycling containers at the Dam Complex dump station, Tailwater West Campground, and Tailwater East Campground on Friday and Mondays.
7. Other tasks as assigned by the volunteer coordinator.
A free, full-service campsite is provided at the Linder Point loop during the volunteer’s work period. The campsite must be maintained in a clean, orderly and uncluttered condition at all times. Provided it is tactful, minimal lawn décor is permitted.
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