Help visitors to Sloan Canyon NCA's Visitor Contact Station

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Friends of Sloan Canyon is looking for volunteers to help staff Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area's visitor contact station. As a BLM Information Desk volunteer you would be introducing visitors to the geology, plants, wildlife, and cultural resources of Sloan Canyon. Our visitors are a diverse community, including international travelers, and you would be asked to thoughtfully answer a variety of questions providing guidance to visitors so they have a great outdoor experience.

Duties & Responsbilities:

• Staff the front desk in the Sloan Canyon visitor contact station
• Respond to visitors questions
• Be a source of knowledge for visitors

Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate orally to the public
• Ability to acquire basic knowledge of the natural and cultural resources of Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, BLM missions, and BLM policy
• Willingness to wear approved uniform-t-shirt, nametag or vest.
• Knowledge of recreation opportunities of Sloan Canyon
• Ability to be people friendly

Training Requirements:

• Complete attendance of BLM power-point trainings.
• Become familiar with the biological, geological, and cultural resources of Sloan Canyon
• Monitor the information desk at Red Rock Canyon prior to becoming a Sloan info desk volunteer a minimum of eight hours to develop quality public interaction.

Information Desk shifts are 4 hours long. The minimum commitment is 1 shift, and you can sign up for as many shifts as you'd like. The visitor contact station is open from 8:00am to 4:30pm daily from October 1 to May 31. During summer months the contact station is open same hours but weekends only, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.