NATIONAL PARK, FOREST SERVICE AND OTHER OUTDOOR JOBS

Have you ever visited the verdant mountains of the Appalachians, marveled at the power of the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, or walked across a glacier in Alaska and wondered what it would be like to work in such a majestic setting? Well, look no further than JobMonkey's Great Outdoors Employment site! Here you'll find out all you'll ever need to know about working for the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, private park concessionaire companies, and environmental organizations.

After reading through this material and applying to employers using our JobCenter search service, you could find yourself leading a whitewater rafting expedition, taking tourists on a nature hike, or even fighting a forest fire, rather than flipping burgers at the local greasy spoon restaurant or working as a clerk in a dingy office somewhere. With the growing popularity of U.S. national parks and a decrease in the numbers of young people available to work for them, there is a big demand for new employees. And, since peak seasons for parks are traditionally during the summer, these are especially ideal jobs for college students looking for work between semesters.

Some of the occupations available to you include park rangers, historians and naturalists, forestry aids and technicians who help with scientific surveys, forest workers who do manual work such as trail maintenance and tree planting, firefighters, tradespeople, and volunteer workers. These jobs require different levels of skill and experience, and JobMonkey helps by outlining for you the various qualifications you should have and what forms and application procedures you'll need to follow to get these positions.

You'll also find information here about hiring practices, housing accommodations, salaries and benefits, advice on which parks might be best for you, histories of various outdoor organizations, and interviews with the people who have actually worked these jobs.

Read through the detailed information on this site, and make sure you take full advantage of the icons and hyperlinks within these pages. By clicking on them, you'll be taken to charts, photos, interviews, maps and many other interesting features.

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