Recreation and Public Enjoyment Careers

Supporting outdoor recreation on our nation's public lands offers a deeply fulfilling career path. Whether you work in Visitor Services, Volunteer Coordination, Trails and Facilities, or Education and Interpretation, you help millions of visitors experience and care for their national forests and grasslands.

A Day in the Life

• Visitor Services: Rebecca Miller

  San Bernardino-native and Information Receptionist Rebecca Miller works the front desk at the San Bernardino National Forest, California. Miller has been with the Forest Service for seven years after spending four years with the Urban Conservation Corps, where she was first exposed and fell in love with what the forest could offer.

  (USDA Forest Service video by Preston Keres)

• Interpretation in Alaska: Ranger Alana

  Learn about what it's like working as an interpretation ranger in Alaska.

• Volunteer Program Management: Antonio Garcia

  Antonio Garcia, Southwest Region Cibola National Forest Volunteer Coordinator, shares his Forest Service career journey.

• Pacific Crest Trail Management and Collaboration

  The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) spans 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada across dozens of national forests in California, Oregon, and Washington. Discover how crews maintain the PCT.

• Horsetail Falls Trail Reroute: Supervisor Nathaniel

  After a large rockslide covered the Horsetail Falls trail along the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, the trail crew has been working hard to reroute the trail. Learn about building a new trail and what goes into the process with Trail Supervisor Nathaniel.