Help in the Six Rivers National Park

Placement number:  0015
Location: USA
Preferred Languages:   English
Date: All Year
Requirements: Sense of Humor
Minimum Period: 2 months

We have 5 cabins on the Klamath River in the Six Rivers national Forest. This is the homeland of the Karuk Indian Tribe. On our land we have a one and a half acre garden, a mail order bare root fruit tree nursery, milking goats to provide us with milk and cheese and a flock of chickens. We are permaculturally focused and try to be as sustainable as possible.  We also offer workshop,mostly in the spring on botanical illustration, amndolinand guitar music, ethnobotany, pruning and grafting. The cabin business is mainly concentrated in the summer and fall.  We also have a dried flower wreath business, growing the flowers ourselves and selling them through local fairs and on site.  Everything we grow is
organic.

Role of Volunteer

We offer work exchange/internship programs throughout the year. The winter program is focused on the fruit tree nursery, the rest of the year is for homestead/garden, dried flower and cabin business.  We do not take people for less than 2 months and prefer a longer stay. Volunteers work 30 hours/ week in exchange for room and board and amall stipend ranging from $100 - $200/month.

Cost

We offer free food and accommodation to our volunteers and give them an allowance between $100-200 per month.

Travel

We can arrange a local pickup.