Opportunities

Sycamore Stewards is an exciting new volunteer work day opportunity for anyone who wants to contribute to maintaining the beautiful grounds of Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park. Join us on Labor Day and engage in a “labor ...

Volunteer Day: Cabin Stairs Handrail Painting Location: Montgomery Bell State Park - Cabin Loop Parking Area  Duration: 8 am-10 pm - 2 hours Description: Help us give the cabin stairs a fresh new look! Volunteers will spend the day painting the han...

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...

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...

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...

We will be repairing multiple drainage locations on the Inner and outer loops of the South Horton Trail System. This will require digging, moving dirt and adding rock for drainage. Everyone must wear closed toe shoes. Bring gloves, bug repellant, sun...

Help us clear the beautiful Panther Creek overlook viewshed of invasive plants. Please bring your own personal water and snacks. Gloves and trimmers will be provided. The terrain is very steep, please be sure that you are comfortable with working on ...

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...

RMSP is looking for volunteers interested in hiking and trail building to assist our park with maintaining and improving park trails.  Trail maintenance can be done in a general fashion or by adopting a trail to monitor and maintain on a regular bas...

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 ...

Volunteer Day: Spillway Handrail Painting (Second Coat) Location: Montgomery Bell State Park - We will meet at the Lake Woodhaven Spillway Duration: 3:00PM-5:00PM - 2 hours Description: Lend a helping hand as we improve park infrastructure! Volunt...

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 ...

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 park staff as we decorate the park for fall! We'll be assembling foddershock at the park entrances and back porch of the visitor center, and a few other spots until we run out!Dress for the weather with closed-toe shoes or boots. Bring work glov...

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 Ranger Johnson at the Park Office and then we will head to Fairview Gullies to clean up the area!

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 ...

Come help make our trails better! We will be working on a new trail that starts at the Visitor’s Center. Tasks will include digging out stumps, cutting back brush, spreading gravel, and other various activities. This trail is only a short distance ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 on Saturday September 20th at 10:00am at the picnic tables near the Bunkum Cave Loop trailhead for TN Serves and National Public Lands DayWe will be clearing a section of the Storybook trail, maintaining the Storybook signs, and removing inv...

Join Friends of Short Springs on their workday to clean up our State Natural Area. We are planning on doing trail maintenance and cleaning up the natural area while doing so. Please wear sturdy closed toed and closed back shoes, and please bring wate...

We have partnered with TVA to host a large-scale river clean-up this September!  We'll be doing kayak shoreline clean-ups and walking shoreline clean-ups.  All registered volunteers will receive some fun swag for their assistance!  Please reach o...

National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is the largest single-day volunteer effort for America’s public lands. Each year, thousands of volunteers come together on the fourth Saturday in September to help restore, improve, and enjoy public lands around the...

Join the Rangers for a Volunteer Day at Hidden Lake. We will help clear the Hidden Lake upper and lower loop trails of privet and honeysuckle bushes. Please bring gloves and water.

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. 

Volunteers needed to assist us with hosting the BRAT- Bicycle Race Across Tennessee! This ride would not be possible without our volunteers! There are daily opportunities such as a volunteering at SAG stops (Support and Gear- aid stations), helping ...

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 ...

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...

Volunteers needed to assist us with hosting the BRAT- Bicycle Race Across Tennessee! This ride would not be possible without our volunteers! There are daily opportunities such as a volunteering at SAG stops (Support and Gear- aid stations), helping ...

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...

Volunteers needed to assist us with hosting the BRAT- Bicycle Race Across Tennessee! This ride would not be possible without our volunteers! There are daily opportunities such as a volunteering at SAG stops (Support and Gear- aid stations), helping ...

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...

Volunteers needed to assist us with hosting the BRAT- Bicycle Race Across Tennessee! This ride would not be possible without our volunteers! There are daily opportunities such as a volunteering at SAG stops (Support and Gear- aid stations), helping ...

Volunteers needed to assist us with hosting the BRAT- Bicycle Race Across Tennessee! This ride would not be possible without our volunteers! There are daily opportunities such as a volunteering at SAG stops (Support and Gear- aid stations), helping ...

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...

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...

Tour guides will assist with leading school groups around to different living history stations.

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. 

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 Rangers and the Responsible Stewards for a litter clean-up at the Grundy Lakes! Participants should wear comfortable hiking shoes, wear clothes you can get dirty, bring water and a snack. Hosts will provide gloves, trash bags, and trash gr...

Join us for a day of service on National Public Lands Day! We will be continuing work on our native flower garden beds. This work will including heavy lifting (removing old and placing new boarders) and pulling weeds/vegetation removal. If time permi...

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...

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 ...

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...