Be A Trail Superstar, Come Join the Trail Ranger Team!

Ever wanted people to enthusiastically shout “Thank you, you’re awesome” to you on the job? Feel like a trail celebrity? (actual quote from a former Trail Ranger) Be part of a dynamic team of outreach trail champions? Get to directly improve your community through events and maintenance? Be paid to be outside on your bike for five months? If the answer is yes to any or all of these questions, consider applying to be DC’s trail superstars as part of our sixth annual cohort of Trail Rangers. We have a whole host of plans lined up for this season and we are looking for our team. More information and the job description can be found here. Applications are due March 5th 2018 though candidates are strongly encouraged to apply earlier. Want to help us by sharing with your network? Share this post or flyer.

A Trail Ranger stands on some gravel holding a trash bag and trash grabber. He is smiling at the camera.

A woman Trail Ranger hands materials to an employee of the Anacostia Arts Center, they are standing outside the front door of the Arts Center and there is a Trail Ranger bike with trailer saying WABA next to the door.

A woman Trail Ranger wears a big floppy hat, high viz vest saying Trail Ranger and plastic gloves. She is facing away from the camera wiping off graffiti on a glass bridge wall across the Redline tracks.

A Trail Ranger stands behind a outreach table with lots of materials on it and talks with a teenage trail user with a giant smile. The Anacostia River Trail is behind them.

Two trail rangers look off into the distance chatting with each and standing on the rail of the South Capitol St bridge. They are both wearing gardening gloves from doing vegetation work on the trail.

A trail ranger on the writing is signing to the trail user of the left of the frame. They are in the grass at Kenilworth Park.

A trail user holding a fancy bike and a Trail Ranger face the camera and both hold a bike bell that they are clinking together. They are at the Rhode Island Pedestrian bridge on the Metorpolitan Branch Trail.

A Trail Ranger faces away from the camera standing on the grass of Anacostia Park picking up trash. There is a big pile of trash next to his right foot. In the background is a big tree with picnic tables.

A lot of people are walking along a gravel path in Kennilworth Park facing away from the camera. In the foreground is a woman in full National Park Service uniform and hat and to her left is a Trail Ranger in uniform shirt with his sleeves rolled up.

A woman Trail Ranger in the uniform green shirt faces away from the camera talking with a passerby wearing headphones, red pencil skirt and teal shirt. They are next to a table with lots of outreach materials.

A Trail Ranger still wearing her helmet stands on the sidewalk talking with a passerby. His clothing is worn and practical and he is holding outreach materials. They are both facing the camera but in conversation

A Trail Ranger is trimming bushes on the side of a trail, she is looking away from the camera off to the trail.

A Trail ranger has a table setup on the grass, there is the Anacostia River Trail behind the table. There are four people at the table talking with each other and the trail user. Everyone is African American.

A Trail Ranger stands and leads a group of folks standing still wearing bike helmets. They are all pointing at the intersection to the right of the photo and talking with each other. In the entire photo gallery the theme is Trail Rangers on the job and talking with people. You can tell the team age ranges from early 20s to 65, has both men and women and many of the team members and trail users are people of color.

A woman on roller skates is on the trail with her collie. There are two trail ranger bikes to her right on the trail and there is a trail ranger behind her pushing mud off the trail at the boardwalk section under New York Ave.

Page last updated by Carm Saimbre on February 23, 2018.

Be A Trail Superstar, Come Join the Trail Ranger Team!

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