Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Youth Conservation Corps
(YCC;
www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/yccjobs.htm
)
offers
month-long programs for teenagers (aged 15 to 18), who work in the park on jobs like
trail construction, often in the backcountry. See
Click here
.
For details of Grand Teton's volunteer program, contact the
Park Volunteer Coordin-
ators
( 307-739-3397, 739-3656;
www.nps.gov/grte/supportyourpark/volunteer.htm
).
Placements for 14 to 16 weeks as a park-ranger naturalist intern are available three times a
year. You get free accommodation and $120 a week for expenses.
Grand Teton's
Wildlife Brigade
takes a handful of volunteers and interns for its
patrols, managing bear jams, and educating campers on safe food storage, in an attempt to
minimize bear encounters.
Other volunteering options in the region:
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
( 303-739-1026;
www.volunteerjacksonhole.org
)
Lists opportunities with dozens of local agencies, from
therapeutic riding to art and wilderness organizations.
Continental Divide Trail Alliance
(
303-278-3177;
www.cdtrail.org
;
PO Box 986,
Golden, CO)
Wilderness Volunteers
( 928-556-0038;
www.wildernessvolunteers.org
)
Weeklong
trips helping maintain America's parks and wild lands.
Yellowstone Association
( 307-344-2293;
www.yellowstoneassociation.org
)
Volun-
teers at the Buffalo Ranch center assist with courses for summer or winter seasons.
PARK SUPPORT
Many visitors fall in love with the Yellowstone region, returning with their kids, and again with their grandkids.
The following organizations do good work to ensure the parks' future:
»
Yellowstone Association
(
www.yellowstoneassociation.org
)
Supports educational,
historical, and scientific programs through memberships, book sales and courses at
the Yellowstone Institute (
Click here
).
»
Yellowstone Park Foundation
(
www.ypf.org
)
Funds numerous park projects, from
wolf monitoring to trail upkeep and raises funds through Yellowstone Park Visa cards
and number plates.
