Volunteer

Volunteer Liz, portrays Polly Merrill during the annual Timeline Living History Event

NPS Photo

Volunteering is a great way to support your local National Park Service site!

Volunteering allows you to experience a park in new ways, give back to national parks, meet new people, have fun, earn credit for school, develop new skills and interests, and so much more.From late fall through early spring, our opportunities for volunteering are primarily indoors. Between late spring and early fall, there are many opportunities to volunteer both inside and out of doors working with the public or behind the scenes. Opportunities include tasks such as serving as a campground host, assisting first-time visitors with caving, answering visitor questions, mapping and cleaning caves, controlling weeds, and much more. Recreational vehicle campsites with hookups may also be available for volunteers.

If you have questions about volunteering at Lava Beds National Monument please contact volunteer coordinator via email at [e-mail] or call the parks visitor center at [phone].

 

Student Internships

Lava Beds recruits a limited number of students from several youth organization such as the non-profit American Conservation Experience (ACE) and/or Student Conservation Association (SCA) and/or Stewards Individual Placement Program, a program of Conservation Legacy. Student interns engage in activities such as staffing the visitor center, providing interpretive programs, roving caves, trail work, resource management, and cultural resources.

 

 

Current Volunteer Opportunities

 

Other Volunteer Opportunities

Look below for some of the volunteer opportunities that we have available at Lava Beds. You can apply for some of these on Volunteer.gov and if you have any questions, feel free to call the volunteer program manager at (530)-667-8113 or e-mail us.

Visitor Center & Interpretation Volunteer

Visitor Services & Interpretation Volunteers assist in staffing the Lava Beds visitor center helping provided information to visitors about the site. Volunteers can also assist with special events and programs. This Volunteer position is open year round and volunteers work an 4 or 8 hour shift.

Campground Host

The Campground Host Volunteer position assist with operations of the Indian Well campground, Lava Beds National Monument’s only developed campground. Indian Well Campground has 42 public sites available on a first-come and a group site available by reservation. The Campground host is provided with a RV/Trailer pad with full hookups. This position is during the summer months, starting in early May and can run until early September.