If you are a people person who also loves the National Park, there are a couple volunteer positions that may be a perfect fit.
Joshua Tree National Park is looking for Entrance Ambassadors to assist fee rangers at the West Entrance by checking park passes and answering visitor questions as they enter. The volunteer position requires long periods of standing outside and directing traffic. You may also be assisting staff inside the park at parking areas, trailheads and campgrounds. The volunteer period will start this month and go through the first week of June.
There’s also a service project looking for volunteers as well. Volunteers will perform trail maintenance in the heart of the park by clearing trailside brush and laying rocks along the trail. This work involves hiking, lifting, and repeated bending. The project will be on Sunday, March 17th from 8 am to around 2 in the afternoon.
The entrance ambassador volunteer position has a list of shifts that volunteer applicants must be available for:
West Entrance – Joshua Tree
- Monday 9am – 2pm
- Thursday 9am – 2pm
- Friday 9am – 2pm
- Friday 12pm – 5pm
- Saturday 9am – 2pm
- Saturday 12pm – 5pm
- Sunday 9am – 2pm
- Sunday 12pm – 5pm
Sign-Up to Volunteer for the Joshua Tree Trail Team Project by Sunday, March 11
