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Join Ranger Willis at Window Cliffs State Natural Area for National Trails Day on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at 9 a.m. We will meet at the kiosk in the parking lot. We will be working on the trail switchbacks, so be prepared for about a total 2-mile hi...

Park staff need your help in getting the Wild Yards Garden ready for summer. Come join Ranger Stephanie for a volunteer day in the gardens to help pull weeds and spread mulch. Instructions will be provided on what weeds need to be pulled from the gar...

This opportunity will help our park maintain the 8-Mile Eagle Point trail.  We will be focused on grooming and trimming any overgrown branches, weeds, or plants that make hiking this trail difficult.  We will be hiking the loop section of the 8-mil...

Join us at Cedars of Lebanon State Park on the first Saturday of each month, unless otherwise stated, for volunteer filled activities. We need your help to assist the Park Ranger and Staff on various projects around the park. There are so many proje...

Bledsoe Creek State Park added a pollinator garden in 2019 with the support of Friends of Bledsoe Creek State Park and a grant from the Iris Fund. With careful selection of native perennials and self seeding annuals this area has flourished. Located...

Savage Gulf State Park is preparing to build a new campground along the North Plateau trail that will feature four tent pad sites and a groupcamp. Park staff are seeking volunteers to come assist with clearing trees, rocks, and soil for the new campg...

Interested in learning to work with birds of prey?  Join Roan Mountain State Park for a series of volunteer workdays with Park Ranger Phil Hylen and our park owls: Shiloh and Sunshine.  Volunteers will help the park to clean owl cages, complete mi...

The park's native flower beds are looking great!  To stay looking good, we need your help.  We are looking for volunteers to help maintain our beautiful gardens.  Work will include cutting back last year's growth, trimming plants, blowing fall lea...

Come help Ranger Kelsey Garcia remove invasive species on the park! We will meet at the Visitor’s Center at 9am. Tools will be provided. Be sure to bring gloves, snacks, and plenty of water!

Join Seasonal Ranger Ben in keeping our park beautiful! This is a great chance to log volunteer hours for TN Promise or a Tennessee Naturalist course. We will provide trash bags and grabbers, please dress appropriately for the weather. We do request ...

Roan Mountain State Park hosts a weekly Friday night concert series during the summer months, beginning on Memorial Day Weekend and ending on Labor Day Weekend. We need volunteers to help set up, break down, and operate the sound system during each c...

Join us for an early TN Promise Saturday to volunteer and help improve our park!Meet Ranger Jeff on June 8th at our Park Office/Visitor Center at 1:00 pm. You will spend the afternoon working on projects around our park until 5:00 pm. This event is...

Ernest Day is a free fun family event held up in Group Camp 1.  This event has canoe floats, Archery, Guided Hikes, Birds of Prey programs, and Food as well as Actors from the movie.  Volunteers will be needed to support various elements of the eve...

Savage Gulf State Park is preparing to build a new campground along the North Plateau trail that will feature four tent pad sites and a groupcamp. Park staff are seeking volunteers to come assist with clearing trees, rocks, and soil for the new campg...

Bledsoe Creek State Park added a pollinator garden in 2019 with the support of Friends of Bledsoe Creek State Park and a grant from the Iris Fund. With careful selection of native perennials and self seeding annuals this area has flourished. Located...

Interested in learning to work with birds of prey?  Join Roan Mountain State Park for a series of volunteer workdays with Park Ranger Phil Hylen and our park owls: Shiloh and Sunshine.  Volunteers will help the park to clean owl cages, complete mi...

Join Ranger Willis on Saturday, September 14, from 10 to 12 at Window Cliffs State Natural Area for our Girl Scouts Love State Parks event! We will work on the native grassland project by weeding the roundabout and learning about the native plants p...

Now that we have opened the 6.75-mile section of the South Horton Trail System it's time to start improving features and work to maintain this wonderful trail. The trail workday moving forward will consist of the activities below.   example of work...

Roan Mountain State Park hosts a weekly Friday night concert series during the summer months, beginning on Memorial Day Weekend and ending on Labor Day Weekend. We need volunteers to help set up, break down, and operate the sound system during each c...

We need your help! Join us the on Saturday, June 15th at the farm to keep the farm beautiful for the summer with various volunteer projects. Please meet at the Sadie Ford Farm at 8:00am until 10am.  We also honor all TN promise hours.  Please cont...

This workday will be focusing on repairing a part of the Grundy Forest Day loop near Hanes Hole Falls.  We will be removing a jumble of rocks and replacing them with stone steps.  This will be a physically demanding workday involving crushing stone...

Assist park staff in picking up litter, returning equipment to storage buildings and other general clean-up activity after large scale events. Volunteers should be able to lift up to 50 pounds and walk two miles of park roads and parking area perimet...

Wrap up your weekend by making a positive impact on the park! Meet Seasonals Kayla and Haley at the Campground Check-in to grab a pair of gloves and a trash bag for all the trash you will collect. 

We need your help! Join us the on Sunday, June 16th at the farm to keep the farm beautiful for the summer with various volunteer projects. Please meet at the Sadie Ford Farm at 8:00am until 10am.  We also honor all TN promise hours.  Please contac...

Interested in learning to work with birds of prey?  Join Roan Mountain State Park for a series of volunteer workdays with Park Ranger Phil Hylen and our park owls: Shiloh and Sunshine.  Volunteers will help the park to clean owl cages, complete mi...

Now that we have opened the 6.75-mile section of the South Horton Trail System it's time to start improving features and work to maintain this wonderful trail. The trail workday moving forward will consist of the activities below.   example of work...

Savage Gulf State Park is preparing to build a new campground along the North Plateau trail that will feature four tent pad sites and a groupcamp. Park staff are seeking volunteers to come assist with clearing trees, rocks, and soil for the new campg...

The park's native flower beds are looking great!  To stay looking good, we need your help.  We are looking for volunteers to help maintain our beautiful gardens.  Work will include cutting back last year's growth, trimming plants, blowing fall lea...

Come join our park staff on Friday, June 21st for the second of two opportunities to satisfy volunteer hours for the TN Promise program. This volunteer day is specifically for students who need TN Promise Volunteer hours with the first session 8am-No...

Come join our park staff on Friday, June 21st for the first of two opportunities to satisfy volunteer hours for the TN Promise program. This volunteer day is specifically for students who need TN Promise Volunteer hours with the first session 8am-Noo...

Our Reading Ranger Story Trail panels are beloved by our youngest visitors. To help them last for many more seasons volunteers wash them and report any damage from falling branches or overzealous readers. Meet at the Visitor Center to collect suppl...

Fishing line recycling containers have been installed at each boat dock. The monofilament is collected from recycling bins and cleaned of hooks, leaders, weights, and trash. It is then shipped to the Berkley Pure Fishing company in Iowa. Berkley me...

Roan Mountain State Park hosts a weekly Friday night concert series during the summer months, beginning on Memorial Day Weekend and ending on Labor Day Weekend. We need volunteers to help set up, break down, and operate the sound system during each c...

Fort Loudoun is installing more native garden beds around our visitor center and needs your help! We will be digging trenches for the boarders of the garden beds and doing light maintenance on our other gardens, such as weeding. Tools will be prov...

Join SIR Lukas Barber below the park's dam on June 22 ,2024 at 9:00 am CST for a 3 hour volunteering opportunity as we pick up trash around Mill Creek and along a portion of Kelly Lake. Gloves will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Please...

Alright, the time is near when we recruit highly motivated volunteers who are attending college. This is the perfect event to collect some solid work hours towards your TN Promise Scholarship. Join us and give back to your State Parks.   This event ...

Attention, TN Promise Students! Need to check off those volunteer hours? We’ve got you covered! Join us on June 22nd for TN Promise Saturday and contribute to preserving our beautiful natural spaces. Whether you're a scholar or not, come get invol...

Join Seasonal Ranger Josh Brewer on TN Promise Saturday for a volunteer trail building opportunity. We will be doing maintenance on the new trails and the existing trails at Camp Hazlewood. Tools and supplies will be provided by the park. It is rec...

The Tennessee Promise Scholarship provides students tuition-free attendance to any of the state’s community colleges, colleges of applied technology, or other eligible institutions offering an associate degree program. One of the requirements to ...

The Tennessee Promise Scholarship provides students tuition-free attendance to any of the state’s community colleges, colleges of applied technology, or other eligible institutions offering an associate degree program. One of the requirements to ...

Wrap up your weekend by making a positive impact on the park! Meet Seasonal Haley at the Campground Check-in to grab a pair of gloves and a trash bag for all the trash you will collect. 

Savage Gulf State Park is preparing to build a new campground along the North Plateau trail that will feature four tent pad sites and a groupcamp. Park staff are seeking volunteers to come assist with clearing trees, rocks, and soil for the new campg...

Bledsoe Creek State Park added a pollinator garden in 2019 with the support of Friends of Bledsoe Creek State Park and a grant from the Iris Fund. With careful selection of native perennials and self seeding annuals this area has flourished. Located...

Come help with preliminary clean-up and clearing of the new ADA Braille Trail behind the Nature Center!  We will remove weeds, trim tree branches and remove fallen dead wood to clean up the area designated as the new trail area.  Tools, gloves and ...

Now that we have opened the 6.75-mile section of the South Horton Trail System it's time to start improving features and work to maintain this wonderful trail. The trail workday moving forward will consist of the activities below.   example of work...

Interested in learning to work with birds of prey?  Join Roan Mountain State Park for a series of volunteer workdays with Park Ranger Phil Hylen and our park owls: Shiloh and Sunshine.  Volunteers will help the park to clean owl cages, complete mi...

Roan Mountain State Park hosts a weekly Friday night concert series during the summer months, beginning on Memorial Day Weekend and ending on Labor Day Weekend. We need volunteers to help set up, break down, and operate the sound system during each c...

Join SIR Natalie to clean up our beautiful Ballard Lake Trail! Meet at shelter #3 where we will venture onto the trail afterwards. The event duration will be around an hour or less. Trash bags and gloves will be provided.

Help us build our 32-foot bridge for our brand-new trail! We will be transporting the needed materials to make our beams and taking them to the bridge site. From there we plan to laminate boards together to create our beams.

Help us build our 32-foot bridge for our brand-new trail! We will be transporting the needed materials to make our beams and taking them to the bridge site. From there we plan to laminate boards together to create our beams.

Join us for a rewarding volunteer opportunity on June 30th  at 2:30 pm as we embark on a journey to preserve history at Norris Dam State Park. Meet at the horse trailer park lot (across from the entrance to Powerhouse Rd), where we'll kick off our...