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Every year dozens of volunteers contribute their time, knowledge, and muscles to our national forests.\u00a0 They contribute hours upon hours of their personal time doing everything from wildlife surveys and manning fire lookouts to hosting campgrounds and doing general office work.\u00a0 These people build and maintain trails, paint picnic, dig post poles, and so much more.<\/p>\n

It is no different this year.\u00a0 And in some ways, the need is more.\u00a0 Our national forest are asking for your help.<\/p>\n

Who can volunteer?<\/h2>\n

ndividuals or clubs, families or group of friends – there is a wide variety of projects that needs doing.\u00a0 Like to hike?\u00a0 There are trails to build and even more to maintain.\u00a0 Belong to an equestrian club?\u00a0 There are hitching facilities to install and manure bins to build.\u00a0 Concerned over the limited access to recreation for the physically challenged?\u00a0 There are projects waiting to be completed that will make our treasured national forests more available to all.<\/p>\n

Most challenge volunteer position<\/h3>\n

There is one group of volunteers that may have the most challenging and most rewarding job.\u00a0 It is their time, knowledge, and muscle that shapes the camping experience of future generations.\u00a0 They are the volunteer campground host.<\/p>\n

What do volunteer campground hosts?\u00a0 Just about everything that needs to be done in a campground.\u00a0 First and foremost however, a campground host makes forest visitors feel safe and\u00a0 welcomed.\u00a0 For many of us, a volunteer campground host is our closest contact with the Forest Service and Smokey Bear.\u00a0 Besides welcoming campers, campground hosts provide information, do light maintenance, keep occupancy records, and inform the public of the Forest\u2019s rules and regulation.\u00a0 Often hosts are asked to pick up litter, clean toilets, and keep the campground looking nice, but this isn\u2019t always the case.<\/p>\n

One downside of the campground host position is the requirement to live in a remote location that, very often, has only basic facilities.\u00a0 Imagine spending months camping out in a national forest surrounded by towering trees, snowcapped mountains, and untamed wildlife, with one star-studded night followed by a day under a sapphire blue sky followed by another and another and another.\u00a0 Tough job but, like other volunteer position, important to the forest and the campers who come to enjoy Mother nature.<\/p>\n

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