Mountain Lake Conservancy

Volunteer Opportunities:

Beginning May 2011
Conservancy Vistor's Center:
Welcome Center Host
Office Assistant
Special Events

Naturalists:
Geology
Flora and Fauna

Year Round Opportunities
Trails:
Trail Maintenance - chainsaw work, lopping and removing debris

Woodworkers:
Trail Signage Construction

Volunteering: Good Help is Always Welcome

The Mountain Lake Conservancy depends heavily on volunteer assistants for help maintaining our programs since we have such a small staff. If you are someone who has a desire to serve nature, has a warm-caring attitude, is dependable, personable, and interested in a rewarding volunteering experience, please contact:

MLC@MountainLakeHotel.com
Phone: 540.626.7121 x 444

Trail Maintenance
The Mountain Lake Conservancy maintains 2,600 acres of forest and trail systems that require ongoing maintenance. We organize volunteer trial maintenance crews to help preserve the trails for everyone's enjoyment and to protect our fragile environment. Great scenery, equipment, training and the opportunity for lots of fun are provided. No experience necessary, only the willingness to work hard and get dirty

If you want to get a feel for things before you come up and are interested in learning some various trail building techniques we recommend this incredible resource...

www.imba.com/resources/trail_building/index.html

We recommend bringing your enthusiasm and comfortable hiking shoes or your mountain bike, a water bottle, some work gloves and a camera. Expect cooler weather than at home, we are generally at least ten degrees cooler up here at 4,000' than the surrounding area, so packing a jacket is a smart idea too.

Scheduling
We keep a pretty flexible schedule during the winter months and actually have some projects that we could put you on by yourself or you could join us while we are out there - whatever you are most comfortable with.

Other Opportunities to Get Involved
There are various ongoing programs (dependent on the season) throughout the year where volunteers are greatly appreciated. If you have some time available and would like to engage yourself in a rewarding activity give us shout.