Spend your summer on the forest as a volunteer campground host

GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 1, 2023 - If you have ever wished to spend an entire summer on the forest, here is your chance! Recreation staff from the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest are once again recruiting volunteers to serve as campground hosts for the Many Pines and Dry Wolf Campgrounds located in the Little Belt Mountains and Thain Creek Campground located in the Highwood Mountains. "Campground hosts provide their own trailer and occupy a prominent campsite in a campground," said Jefferson Division Recreation Management Specialist Bob Gliko. "We are looking for volunteer hosts who will be welcoming to all visitors and provide light maintenance of campground." Ideally, recreation staff are hoping to have volunteer hosts in the campground before Memorial Day and through Labor Day weekend. The host may leave for a couple of days throughout the week; however, they would need to be at the campground over the weekends. Interested parties who would like to volunteer in this role for at least a month are encouraged to inquire. Depending on interest, this position could be filled with a couple of hosts spanning the duration of the summer. This is a volunteer position only, no compensation for expenses. The ideal candidate will enjoy helping people, value a spirit of hospitality, love the outdoors, and will be able to explain and remind people about relevant rules for the good of everyone enjoying the campground. Please contact Recreation Management Specialist Bob Gliko at 406-236-5103 for more information.