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Volunteer Opportunity: South Horton Trail System – Phase 3 Trail Building Join us in expanding the South Horton Trail System! With the first 6.75 miles of trail now complete, it’s time to take the next step and build Phase 3 of this exciting pro...

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...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

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...

This is a monthly volunteer opportunity, that occurs on the first Saturday of every month (barring events or unforeseen circumstances), intended to assist park staff with park projects and tasks. Parks projects and task can include: invasive plant re...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Join us at the Camp Store to cleanup along the Duck River. We will be working on a 1-Mile section of River Trail. Be sure to bring sturdy shoes, water, and a good attitude! This is a great opportunity for TN Promise, Community Service, and general vo...

Join Seasonal Ranger Ashlyn to help weed out one of our native wildflower gardens! Please come prepared with clothes that can get dirty, personal gloves, and plenty of water. 

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Warriors Path will be hosting a volunteer lake clean up on Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir on July 8. The summer gets busy in these parts, especially around the 4th of July. Unfortunately, litter sometimes ends up in the lake after these busy times. We...

Love history and the great outdoors? Join seasonal ranger Hughston and intern Abby for an Invasive Species Workday at Fort Loudoun Historic Park! We'll be removing invasive species to help protect the park's natural beauty and significance. Meet us a...

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...

Volunteer Opportunity: South Horton Trail System – Phase 3 Trail Building Join us in expanding the South Horton Trail System! With the first 6.75 miles of trail now complete, it’s time to take the next step and build Phase 3 of this exciting pro...

Volunteer Day : Handrail Painting at the Spillway Location : Montgomery Bell State Park - Lake Woodhaven Shelter  Duration : 8 am-12 pm - 4 hours Description : Help us give the spillway a fresh new look! Volunteers will spend the day painting the ...

Join Ranger Martinez at the Bruce Gap Trailhead to help work on a section of the Cumberland Trail!  We will be focusing on beating back the overgrowth that occurs this time of year.  We will primarily be working with loppers and swing blades.  Pl...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Join us for a rewarding day at Chickasaw State Park, where we will work together to clean up the shoreline Lake Placid. Let’s keep our beautiful park healthy and welcoming for everyone. We will provide trash bags, gloves, and good vibes. Just bring...

Scott's Gulf Wilderness staff needs your help!Join us as we work on sections of Virgin Fall main trail for routine trail maintenance. This could include: removing trees, roots, or rocks from the trail, adding water bars or cribbing in high erosion ar...

Join park staff for a 2.0-mile paddle along the French Broad River to remove litter in the river and along the shorelines by kayak/canoe/paddle board. The group will take out at the bridge near the island and park staff will transport boats/boards b...

Join us during the Duck River Outdoor Expo. This is a great opportunity for TN Promise hours or just helping the park. Come for the whole day or work a shift. If there's a time you can help that's not listed, contact Ranger Raelynn Weber at 921-247-2...

Join us during the Duck River Outdoor Expo. This is a great opportunity for TN Promise hours or just helping the park. Come for the whole day or work a shift. If there's a time you can help that's not listed, contact Ranger Raelynn Weber at 921-247-2...

07/13: I entered the trail from Cave Branch. Trail rehabilitation included the usual trimming, brushing, side-hill improvements. No special maintenance was needed. There are two new blowdowns in the first 0,5 mile north of the wooden bridge. Hours ...

Join us during the Duck River Outdoor Expo. This is a great opportunity for TN Promise hours or just helping the park. Come for the whole day or work a shift. If there's a time you can help that's not listed, contact Ranger Raelynn Weber at 921-247-2...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Join us on July 15th at 10:00 am for a volunteer cleanup day with the Greeneville Flyboys baseball team! This family cleanup event will give kids and adults the opportunity to join their favorite Flyboys ballplayer to help support the park. We will b...

Volunteer Opportunity: South Horton Trail System – Phase 3 Trail Building Join us in expanding the South Horton Trail System! With the first 6.75 miles of trail now complete, it’s time to take the next step and build Phase 3 of this exciting pro...

Join Ranger Williams and SIR Joseph at the Standing Stone State Park Office on July 16, 2025 at 9:00 am CST for a 2 hour volunteering opportunity as we remove some invasive/unwanted species that have popped up in our wildflower garden(s) at t...

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 us as we pick up trash along the swim area and adjoining shoreline at Camp Hazlewood.  This event requires a walk to the swim area of approximately 0.1 mile from the parking area down a rough dirt road with an incline.

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Join park staff on July 19th to start prepping areas along Mill Creek for River Cane transplanting. Canebrakes once were found throughout the Southeast and are now listed as critically endangered ecosystems. Volunteers can expect to use loppers and h...

The swimming hole at Emory Gap Falls is full of debris from recent storms, come help us clean it out so it can be enjoyed by everyone! Activities will include moving debris (sticks, limbs, etc.), trail pruning, and other various trail maintenance tas...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Celebrate River/Lake/Stream Clean-Up Month with Us!  Join us on Monday, July 21st, 2025, for a fun and impactful Creek Walk & Clean-Up with Ranger Paige starting at the Park Visitor Center! We’ll stroll along the creek, enjoy the beauty of our lo...

Meet the staff of Big Ridge at the Boat Dock to get in a kayak and do a paddle around the lake to cleanup Big Ridge Lake as a part of River, Lake, Stream Cleanup Month this July.

Help us fight some nasty, non-native invasive plants! Make the park a safer habitat for native plants and animals, and a better place for us to visit too. We’ll especially be ”attacking” Japanese Barberry - which chokes out native shrubs and ca...

Celebrate National Vanilla Ice Cream Day with a volunteer lake clean-up day on Lindsey Lake!Enjoy a well-earned chilly treat after a volunteer work day to clean-up Lindsey Lake! Gloves and water will be provided, but it is recommended that volunteers...

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...

We will be meeting at Eagle Basin Day Use Area to travel along the shoreline in a kayak with garbage bags to pick up litter. 

This is an exciting opportunity to help Seven Islands State Birding Park finally remove an old landfill that was on the property before it became a Tennessee State Park. Volunteers will remain on land, helping to collect household debris and waste (m...

Help us make YOUR State Park a cleaner, healthier environment - for people and for wildlife! We’ll provide the supplies, you’ll provide the labor.Meet at the large parking area between park headquarters and the hammock campground (former pool par...

Volunteer Opportunity: South Horton Trail System – Phase 3 Trail Building Join us in expanding the South Horton Trail System! With the first 6.75 miles of trail now complete, it’s time to take the next step and build Phase 3 of this exciting pro...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

We will lop overgrown vegetation along the back side of Blockstand Creek Trail. The park has loppers available. Please bring water, snacks, bug spray and sunblock. We will be hiking up to 8 miles and lopping a mile of trail. Meet up at Rocky Fork tra...

We're calling on our amazing community to help us spruce up the park! Join us for a fun and simple volunteer event as we pick up sticks and clear trails around Pinson Mounds. It’s a great way to get outside, give back, and enjoy the beauty of the p...

Join SIR Cameron to help clean up the beautiful Ozone Falls in Crab Orchard, TN!We will meet at 8:00 AM Central at the Ozone Falls parking lot.  Trash bags, gloves, and (limited) trash pickers will be provided.  Close-toed shoes/hiking boots are re...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Kick off our Christmas in July celebrations with a clean-up around the picnic loop. Meet at the Visitor’s Center.Make sure you bring plenty of water and wear sturdy shoes.

July is River, Lake, and Stream clean-up month! Our wetlands are great at storing loads of water that come in the park when it rains. The catch is that most these rainfalls also come with trash picked up along the way and are deposited within our wat...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Through Friends of the Parks at South Cumberland & Savage Gulf, volunteer must have completed two shadow sessions and passed the online Trail Friends quiz, and wear their Trail Friends gear during their shifts. Trail Friends greet and answer a range ...

Join the Ranger as we work to restore the natural habitat of the Doe River right here in Roan Mountain State Park! Help us as we work to remove rock dams and stacks along the river to help protect vital habitat for trout, hellbenders, darters, and so...

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...

Volunteer Day : Cabin Stairs Handrail Painting Location : Montgomery Bell State Park - Cabin Loop Parking Area  Duration : 8 am-12 pm - 4 hours Description : Help us give the cabin stairs a fresh new look! Volunteers will spend the day painting ...

Join Ranger Sarah at the Park Headquarters to clean out some flower beds!We will be pulling up weeds and plants, so be sure to wear clothes that can get dirty and bring plenty of water! If you have your own gloves, we ask you to please bring those to...

Come clean up the shoreline at PWLSP in honor of River, Lake, and Stream Clean Up Month!  Stop by the park office at 8:00 am to pick up your supplies and then collect trash along the shoreline.  We'll end the cleanup event at 10:00 am to avoid the...