Volunteer opportunities are back!
The Partners are looking for volunteers to work stations in the Boxley Valley area this Fall! Stations will be set up along the Boxley Valley to assist visitors, Information, visual aids, safety vests, and tents will be provided. This will be an opportunity to help visitors get the most out of their experience and for you to share your own knowledge about Buffalo National River! Please recruit your friends and share on your social media to help us fill these spots. We will need four to six volunteers at each of the four different stations. Volunteers will meet at the Lost Valley parking lot at 8:00 am to be assigned to your work location. Volunteers should bring snacks, drinks and folding chairs. For more information, please contact Aletha at aletha_tetterton@nps.gov
Thanks for all you do as volunteers!
Station locations:
Hwy 43 pullout across from Lost Valley road entrance
Ponca low water bridge
Lost Valley Trailhead
Boxley Mill
Volunteer times are Saturday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm and Sunday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm each weekend in October.
Please remember to log your hours afterwards. Log Hours
This fall is sure to be another doozy. It would be tremendous to have two volunteers per duty location (see below) per weekend day in October to best serve park visitors. We suspect that our busiest weekends will be October 15 and 22, so those dates are the top priority volunteer slots to fill.
As a reminder, here are the primary volunteer duties at each location:
Lost Valley: parking/traffic control, radio communications, providing trail maps and area information, keeping count of visitor contacts (using a clicker)
Elk Viewing Area: elk education, distributing park information (Junior Ranger books, river maps, Leave No Trace cards, hunting guidebooks), helping visitors with wayfinding and suggesting outdoor activities in the area, keeping count of visitor contacts
Boxley Mill: welcoming guests, providing information/answering questions about the mill, giving guided tours, distributing park information, keeping count of visitor contacts.