Deschutes Natl. Forest volunteer recruiting event set

The Deschutes National Forest, in partnership with Discover Your Forest, is hosting a volunteer recruitment event in mid-November to find volunteers interested in providing support for programs at Mt. Bachelor and other locations on the forest.

The event will be held onThursday, Nov. 12 from6 to7:30 p.m.at the Deschutes National Forest, Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District, 63095 Deschutes Market Road in Bend.

The event is focused on recruiting volunteers to serve as winter interpretive rangers and winter conservation education rangers; however, people interested in other volunteer opportunities are welcomed to attend the event.

Volunteer rangers will represent the U.S. Forest Service at Mt. Bachelor. Programs taking place this winter include: Ski with a FS Interpretive Ranger, Snowshoe with a FS Interpretive Ranger, our youth education-based programs Project S.N.O.W and Jr. Snow Ranger.

Duties include delivering mile-long snowshoe tours or skiing blue ski runs while providing formal interpretive talks.

Volunteers are provided uniforms and training and should be willing to wear appropriate gear and have the physical ability to ski two runs daily or snowshoe one mile twice daily.

For more information contact Stacey Cochran, Discover Your Forest’s Volunteer and Event Coordinator at541-383-5530or stacey.cochran@discovernw.org.