Volunteer
Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a09t000000ClZhgAAF/ranching-assistant
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ADDRESS: Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park; 100 Ladybird Lane; Johnson City, Texas 78636
DEPT: National Park Service
DATES: 1/3/2022 – 12/31/2022
DESCRIPTION:
This volunteer opportunity is at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park located in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. The park is currently looking for motivated enthusiastic volunteers to share their passion for historic preservation, history, education, and the environment with visitors from around the world.
The Ranching Assistant Volunteer will assist ranching staff in providing daily care and feeding of the park’s livestock along with performing other necessary work to support Resource Management programs within Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. As a result, volunteer will provide visitors an opportunity to have a safe, enjoyable, and educational park experience.
Lyndon B. Johnson NHP is located in beautiful Hill Country and is divided into two districts. The park headquarters is in Johnson City, approximately 48 miles west of Austin, and 64 miles north of San Antonio. The LBJ Ranch is located in Stonewall, TX which is 14 miles West of the park headquarters.
Housing available for volunteers upon request and if available. 32 hours per week are required.
Volunteer will be an integral member of the park’s Ranching team by providing care for the livestock, assisting with the management of natural and cultural resources, and providing excellent customer service to the park’s visitors.
Volunteer will:
- Provide daily feeding the park’s livestock
- Prepare the Show Barn for daily tours.
- Meet and greet visitors to the Show Barn.
- Assist with moving livestock through pens and pastures.
- Assist with maintenance of fences, corrals, and other features of the cultural landscape.
- Assist with resource management projects such as tree care, invasive species removal, and rotational grazing.
- Operate light trucks and trailers to safely transport self and cargo to work sites in Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park.
- Operate riding lawn mowers, weed eaters, and UTVs (i.e. John Deere Gator).
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park is looking for volunteer with the following skills:
- Be friendly, willing to learn, and patient.
- Ability to work closely with a team and independently.
- Have an interest in history, nature, and/or agriculture.
- Be able to follow National Park Service environmental & historic preservation policies.
- Enjoys working with the public.
- Physical ability to lift 50 pounds and work in the out-of-doors.
- Must possess a valid state’s driver’s license.
- EXPERIENCE WITH LIVESTOCK IS PREFERRED, BUT NOT NECESSARY.
- Drivers License
- Livestock/Ranching
- Working with People
Volunteer will be lifting 50-100 pounds regularly while loading feed and/or hay, restraining livestock, or hooking up equipment. Work may also include sitting, standing, bending, or walking for extended periods of time.
Work is generally performed outdoors; Summer temperatures can reach into the 100s, though the average summer temperature is 92 degrees. The winter temperatures can be as low 15-20 degrees. Dusty condition deriving from hay and general ranch maintenance work are almost always present.