Visitor Services Assistant - Tahoe National Forest

Location: Foresthill

Visitor Services Assistant - Tahoe National Forest

American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the US Forest Service, is seeking 3 members to contribute to visitor services alongside Tahoe National Forest Staff.

Summary

American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the US Forest Service, is seeking 3 members to contribute to visitor services alongside Tahoe National Forest Staff.

For more information about ACE, please visit our website.

Start Date

May 2026

Estimated End Date

September 2026

* a 16-week minimum commitment is required, flexible start and end dates*

Location Details/Description

Tahoe National Forest, one position per district

The Tahoe National Forest is located in the northern Sierra Nevada (east of Sacramento) and extends from the foothills across the Sierra crest to the California state line. It includes over 850,000 acres of public land interspersed with 350,000 acres of private land in a checkerboard ownership pattern. Rivers, snow‑capped peaks and dense forests offer outstanding recreation year‑round. A complex set of ecosystems are found as the terrain ascends from 1,500 feet along the western boundary to over 9,000 feet along the crest.

The forest provides a variety of resources and opportunities and is managed by the Forest Service.

Sierraville Ranger District

The Sierraville Ranger District office is located in Sierraville, California, a small town on scenic Highway 89 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Sierraville is a beautiful community located at approximately 5,000 feet in elevation. Communities within 30 minutes of Sierraville include Truckee, Loyalton, Calpine, and Portola.

American River District

The American River Ranger District is located in Foresthill, California. Foresthill is a beautiful mountain community, located 17 miles east of Auburn and Interstate 80. Foresthill is surrounded on the south and west by the Auburn State Recreation Area, on the north by BLM lands, and on the east by National Forest. The American River Ranger District is distinguished with a portion of Granite Chief Wilderness, the North Fork American Wild River and Placer County Big Trees (northernmost grove of Giant Sequoias).

Truckee

Ranger District The Truckee Ranger District Office is in Truckee, California on Interstate 80, approximately 35 miles west of Reno, Nevada and 15 miles north of Lake Tahoe. The town elevation varies between 5200 and 7200 feet. Summer temperatures average in the upper 70s/low 80s, while winter temperatures can be as low as 14. Average annual snowfall is more than 200".

The population is about 12,600.

For more information, please visit the Tahoe National Forest website.

Position Overview

This opportunity is an entry level position, intended for a candidate with a strong interest or well‑developed working background in conservation, natural resources management, wilderness management, recreation management, or a similar field. The Visitor Services Assistant should possess a passion for public land management, customer service, and a professional interest in advancing their career towards natural resource management.

Duties may include

• Providing excellent customer service by enthusiastically answering questions, greeting and assisting visitors
• Work closely with recreation staff, seasonal and other permanent staff to provide current and accurate information with a welcoming environment for visitors
• Inform visitors of rules and regulations, safety risks and recreational opportunities
• Evaluate public inquiries in order to provide the most useful and appropriate information or to suggest other options or redirect caller to the appropriate District staff
• Assist with tracking visitor use
• Respond to radio traffic in support of District personnel
• Administrative work including computer work, paperwork, filing, answering multi‑line phones, cleaning and organization of the front office and Visitor Information desk
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Serves as Collection Officer to sell forest timber permits maps and passes, and other items, such as merchandise, in accordance with Forest Service manual and handbook…