Opportunities

Help keep our beautiful shorelines clean with us at Long Hunter State Park as we clean debris from the shoreline of Percy Priest Lake that was deposited by flood waters this past spring. 

Sunrise Shoreline Clean-up Volunteer Event Tennessee State Parks Mission: To preserve, protect, and share Tennessee’s natural and cultural resources while providing safe and quality outdoor experiences. Volunteer Event Description: Reelfoot Lak...

Rock Island State Park needs your help! Join us as we clean up the Caney Fork River. Tasks will include cleaning up litter along the Caney Fork River Gorge between Twin Falls and Great Falls. This area is fairly strenuous, rocky, and wet so please pl...

Come join Ranger Aaron as we continue to harvest and transplant Rivercane Rhizomes along Mill Creek. This event will be on 9/19/25 from 9am to 12pm and will meet at the bathrooms below the Dam. We will be digging rhizomes from a few colonies of estab...

Join our team of honorary “trash pandas” to keep our park’s trails clean and wild! On this guided cleanup hike, we’ll provide trash grabbers, gloves, and collection bags. All you need to bring is your energy, your favorite reusable water bott...

Meet Ranger Couser at the Parks Visitor to work on removing invasive plants inside the Park. We will be removing Japanese Stiltgrass from the area. Come prepared with good closed toed shoes and plenty of water! 

Join us at the farm House, to remove invasive privet from around the area. This is a new area we are looking evently open to the public. First we have to remove all the privet from around the area, before we can work on the farm house. We will be usi...

Please join the Rangers for invasive plant removal at Hidden Lake. All tools will be provided. You are welcome to bring gloves, water, sunscreen and bug spray. 

Join Indian Mountain State Park and help support National Public Lands Day and TN Serves as we work to remove invasive plants from an area near Shelter 3. The park will provide all necessary tools, but please dress appropriately and bring water.

Join us for TN Serves & National Public Lands Day as we work together to improve Rocky Fork’s ADA-accessible backcountry campsite. With your help, we’ll make this special campsite more welcoming and durable for future visitors.This year’s proje...

Join us as we work to clean up our Magnolias! Job tasks for this opportunity will include raking up leaves, weeding, and moving limbs that Rangers cut from the Magnolia trees. 

Trail Maintenance at Gee Creek Campground Join us as we work to improve the Loop Trail at Gee Creek Campground! We’ll be trimming back overgrown limbs with loppers and removing invasive privet. Details: When & Where: Meet at the Gee Creek Visitor...

For TN Serves & National Public Lands Day we will be completing the new bridge on the Pioneer Long Loop trail. Work includes building and installing hand rails and adding additional decking to the bridge.Volunteers must have some experience with powe...

In support of National Public Lands Day, volunteers will board boats and busses at Pebble Isle Marina to clear trash from the shores of Trace Creek. This area was severely impacted by debris from the 2021 Humphreys County Flood. Without cleanup effor...

Come serve Tennessee and National Public Lands Day by helping to remove the Tree of Heaven. The tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is a rapidly growing deciduous tree native to China that has become a widespread invasive species across North Ame...

Celebrate National Public Lands Day with a little bit of science and a lot of wet, soggy fun!Join us on Public Lands Day for a unique citizen science project. A little bit of work, and a lot of wet, soggy fun, can help us better care for the water re...

Join First Lady Maria Lee and the Tennessee Serves team in supporting Pickett CCC Memorial State Park. Volunteers will help install a colorblind viewfinder, new early reader trail panels in addition to performing various trail maintenance tasks. Ple...

Join Big Hill Pond State Park staff in the cleanup of the Dogwood Point Trail on 9/26/2025 from 8:00am to 12:00pm. 

Join us as we celebrate TN serves and National Public lands Day by doing a trail clean up on our Bay Point Loop. The trail is 4.3 miles total and follows the lake edge. We will be working to clean the trail up and have an enjoyable hike along the way...

We will hike the 3 mile trail picking up trash and cleaning debris off the trail.

Volunteer Day: Park Office Shelter Handrail Painting  Location: Montgomery Bell State Park - We will meet at the visitor center and walk over to the park office shelter area where we will be painting.  Duration: 8 am-10 am - 2 hoursDescription: ...

We are working to put the final touches on our Tactile / Vision impaired trail located behind the Nature Center.  We need volunteers to help clean up small trees and brush around the trail and to spread new wood chips and prep for installation of ou...

You can be a hero for public lands! Join us at T.O. Fuller State Park on Saturday, September 27 for a special volunteer event as part of Tennessee Serves and National Public Lands Day! Help us preserve and maintain our beautiful park by participati...

Join us for our National Public Lands Day Fall Garden and Farm Cleanup.  We'll take some time to clean up the garden areas from the Summer gardens, harvest any apples from the orchard, and work to keep the farm clean and preserved for the next seaso...

Come out and give back! Join Ranger Ross for a work day to celebrate National Public Lands Day. We will be meeting at the Park Visitor Center at 9am. We expect to be out of the woods by 3:30pm. Please bring work clothes, hiking boots, a sack lunch an...