Visitor Center Host

FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a09SJ000006ne8v

ADDRESS: Milepost 32, Hwy 93  Alamo, Nevada, 89001

DATES: 2025-09-01

DEPT: Fish & Wildlife Service

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Volunteers needed for the following 3-month commitments:

·        September – November 2025

·        December 2025 – February 2026

·        March – May 2026

Come join the team at a waterfowl oasis in Southern Nevada! Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge needs a residential volunteer couple or single to serve as a Refuge Volunteer. This position works in the Visitor Center and assists the biology and maintenance programs on the refuge.

Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge is located in Alamo, Nevada, about a 90-minute drive north of Las Vegas. Established in 1963, the 5,382-acre refuge provides healthy wetland, riparian, meadow, and desert habitats for over 260 species of migratory birds, especially ducks, geese, and swans. To learn more about the refuge, visit our website: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pahranagat.

As a Refuge volunteer, you will assist not only with the visitor center, providing orientation and interpretation to refuge visitors, but also assist with the maintenance of and conservation of the wildlife habitat. Tasks will include, but are not limited to:

• Staffing the refuge visitor center and information desk. Answering questions in person and over the phone regarding the refuge, local natural and cultural resources, safety precautions, rules and regulations, and services
• Ensuring refuges visitor facilities are clean and welcoming, including cleaning bathrooms, emptying trash containers, ensuring the refuge is free of litter and other light maintenance of the visitor facilities
• Assist with interpretive and education programs
• General property maintenance to include custodial upkeep of refuge buildings, grounds, and infrastructure
• Optional: Trail and ground maintenance, including trimming trees and bushes, and planting native vegetation
• Optional: Repair/replacement/installation of signage
• Optional: Special projects including but not limited to stream restoration, re-vegetation projects, banding migratory birds, maintaining/cleaning irrigation ditches, and building up road bases
• May perform a variety of other duties

RV or motor home utility hook-ups for electric, water, and sewage are available. Wi-fi, laundry machines, and a shower are available on site. Propane is also provided. Package delivery is available to the refuge. The refuge has a small staff of about 5 people, supplemented with 5-10 volunteers depending on the time of year. The nearby town of Alamo (10-minute drive) has churches, pharmacy, gas station, small grocery store, gym, post office, salon, and library. Refuge staff and volunteers can participate in potlucks, game nights, and pickleball, and the refuge has a small workout room with treadmill, elliptical, and weight machines.

The commitment requires at least 24 hours/week per resident, or a combined 32 hours/week for a couple.

When applying, please provide contact information for three references. Two references should be professional. If applying as a couple, please provide both applicant names.

Tagged as: Couples / Duos, FALL '25, WINTER