Several of these positions qualify for field experience and college internship credit. These volunteers are provided with uniforms, a small expense allowance, and rustic housing, usually shared. These positions are advertised nationally and are very attractive to non-residents, since housing is provided for some of the positions. Volunteers are resposible for their own transportaiton to Alaska. These people either have specific projects they would like to do or are open to staff suggestions and the needs of the park.
Some people are there only for a day and others return on a regular basis.
Most of these volunteers work as they can, when they can. Past projects have varied from botanical studies of a park to weeding flower beds at a visitor center. Work Days Various parks will set aside certain days as work days to accomplish certain tasks. Trail Days in Chugach State Park and Clean Up Day on the Kenai River are examples. Park Watch Park Watch was started in the fall of 1992 in response to the high rate of vandalism at trailheads and other facilities in Chugach State Park.