Trail Crew Member - Tahoe National Forest, Districts

Trail Crew Member - Tahoe National Forest, Multiple Districts

American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the US Forest Service, is seeking 10 Trail Crew Members to contribute to trail maintenance projects alongside Tahoe National Forest Staff.

For more information about ACE, please visit our website.

Start Date:
May 2026

Estimated End Date:
September 2026
* specific dates are listed below*

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.

The Yuba River Ranger District offices are located in Camptonville, CA and Nevada City, CA. Many employees live in the Nevada City/Grass Valley area (population 20,000) located 25 miles south. Nevada City is a vibrant town alongside Grass Valley, CA with excellent access to trails, ski resorts, and world‑class rafting and swimming holes. Nevada City has a flourishing arts scene, hosts excellent concerts and music festivals, and has many restaurants and shopping areas.

The Sacramento metro area is within an hour's drive for urban amenities.

• 16‑Week Term
• Start Date:
  
  May 19 2026
• Estimated End Date:
  August 8 2026

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).

• 20‑Week term
• Start Date:
  
  May 4 2026
• Estimated End Date:
  September 21 2026

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 5,200 and 7,200 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.

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.

• 16‑Week Term
• Start Date:
  
  June 1 2026
• Estimated End Date:
  September 18 2026

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

• Work environment is physically demanding, usually in remote locations with high daytime temperatures.
• Perform trail maintenance on both front and backcountry trails.
• Trail maintenance may consist of logging out trails using either a chainsaw or crosscut saw, brushing, tread repair, repair and maintenance of trail structures such as bridges, steps, and waterbars.
• Construction of new trails, water bars, retaining walls, etc may occur.
• Maintenance of saws, equipment and gear will be required.
• Use of technology such as tablets and GPS systems will be utilized to collect field data such as trail feature inventory, sign inventory, work accomplishments, and resource damage locations. Campsite inventory may also be performed.
• Members that are chosen to perform trails and wilderness ranger duties will be required to camp in the backcountry for multiple nights to accomplish work assignments.
• Trail crew may occasionally work…