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Do you want to earn some volunteer hours with the chance to win a cash prize? Cummins Falls State Park is having its second annual Tennessee Tech Clean up competition through the month of October. You must be a Tennessee Tech student to compete in th...

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...

Interested in learning to work with birds of prey?  Join Chickasaw State Park for a series of volunteer workdays with Park Ranger Lindsey and our park birds: Henry, Scarlett and jack.  Volunteers will help the park to clean owl cages, complete ...

The Tennessee River Rescue is an annual community-led clean-up of the Tennessee River and some tributaries. This event occurs on the first Saturday of October every year. It began over 30 years ago with a group of Chattanooga residents motivated t...

Our next Invasive Species Strike Team removal day is Sunday, October 6th starting at 3:00 PM. We will meet at the Park Office at 82 Beach Road, Rock Island, TN 38581. This is a great opportunity to plug back in and meet your fellow teammates. We wil...

Love Burgess Falls? Hate seeing trash? Need volunteer hours? Then come lend a hand cleaning up the park for our monthly trail trash pick-upp days! These volunteer days start at 9 am on the first Sunday of every month and end at Noon. Meet Ranger C...

We invite everyone to participate in a Fall Shoreline Clean-up around the park.  Check-in will be at the Marina Boat Ramp parking lot at 3pm.  All tools and supplies will be distributed during check-in. The park will supply bottled water and all e...

Roan Mountain State Park is working to restore the campground area after the river floods.  The floods left a great deal of refuse in along the river banks and throughout the shores of the Doe River.  On Tuesday, October 8th from 9am-12pm, Park Ran...

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...

Interested in learning to work with birds of prey?  Join Chickasaw State Park for a series of volunteer workdays with Park Ranger Lindsey and our park birds: Henry, Scarlett and jack.  Volunteers will help the park to clean owl cages, complete ...

Will assist with judging the costume contest for the haunted trail.  You will also assist with organizing participants of the contest.  

Will manage the fire and keep the fire going with the provided firewood.  

Will be working the concession stand and selling drinks and food.  

Will be doing the make up for the characters on the trail

Will pass out candy at the park museum.  Must provide their own candy.

Worked with Lydia to log out from Bowlingtown Road up towards Cave Branch TH.  Stopped at the ridge between the 2.

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...

Interested in learning to work with birds of prey?  Join Chickasaw State Park for a series of volunteer workdays with Park Ranger Lindsey and our park birds: Henry, Scarlett and jack.  Volunteers will help the park to clean owl cages, complete ...

Roan Mountain State Park is working to restore the visitor center area after the river floods.  The floods left a great deal of refuse in along the river banks and throughout the shores of the Doe River.  On Friday, October 18th from 10am-1pm, Park...

Help the park install nesting boxes around the park! We will be meeting at the park office (1825 Pilot Knob Rd, Eva, TN 38333) at 10 am to install nesting boxes for various bird species around the park. We have around 30 boxes to install, so we will ...

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 maintain one of the most remote sections of the park! We will be starting at Bald Knob and working our way toward Coffin Springs. Bring plenty of snacks, water, and wear hiking boots.

Help park staff in our battle against invasive and undesirables on Sunday, October 20 from 12:30pm-3:00pm. Volunteers will work alongside park staff to remove weeds and overgrowth from the Wild Yards Garden and will possibly also remove invasives fro...

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...

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...

Interested in learning to work with birds of prey?  Join Chickasaw State Park for a series of volunteer workdays with Park Ranger Lindsey and our park birds: Henry, Scarlett and jack.  Volunteers will help the park to clean owl cages, complete ...

Help park staff in our battle against invasive plant species as part of Pellissippi State's "Make a Difference Day" 2024 happening on Friday, October 25 from 1:00pm-3:00pm. Volunteers will work alongside park staff to remove invasive plant species, i...

We are looking for a civic group who would be interested in helping us park cars during our Annual Halloween in the Campground Event. The park is expecting to see anywhere from 500-1000 cars for the event and we need your help! The park will provid...

Want to spend your Saturday morning at a remote area of the Cumberland Trail removing overgrowth?  Then join Ranger Lydia at 9AM Eastern at the Smoky Road Trailhead!   We will spend a few hours brushing back the first few miles of trail near this ...

WPA Day event at the Sadie Ford Farm

The 2024 Steward Scientist Rare, Threatened, & Endangered (RTE) Bioblitz effort is on Sunday, October 27th starting at 10:00 AM. We will meet at the Twin Falls Overlook on Powerhouse Road. This is an opportunity to meet with your fellow volunteers, ...

Volunteers will help to pickup litter from the annual trunk-or-treat event. Additionally, volunteers will help with the takedown of Halloween decorations around the park. Meet Ranger Jack at the park residence where camper check-in has been relocated...

In preparation for the November Garrison, we will be getting the fort ready for a busy weekend.  Work will include sweeping fort buildings, cleaning tables, light dusting, stacking firewood and other odds and ends.  Please bring work gloves; all ot...

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...

Interested in learning to work with birds of prey?  Join Chickasaw State Park for a series of volunteer workdays with Park Ranger Lindsey and our park birds: Henry, Scarlett and jack.  Volunteers will help the park to clean owl cages, complete ...