{"id":524302,"date":"2026-03-15T03:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/524302\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T03:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:30:08","slug":"great-smoky-mountains-national-park-seeks-elk-rover-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/524302\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Smoky Mountains National Park seeks Elk Rover volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (WLOS) \u2014 The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking Elk Rover volunteers for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release, Elk Rovers share information with visitors about safe viewing and help keep both elk and visitors safe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/great-smoky-mountains-national-park-enhancing-safety-upgrades-infrastructure-gatlinburg-spur-pigeon-forge-road-shoulders-guardrails-gravel-pull-offs-delays-traffic-visitors-work-zones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK ENHANCING SAFETY WITH NEW ROAD PROJECT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elk Rovers will be stationed at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>The release says Elk Rover duties include the following:<\/p>\n<p>Sharing information with visitors about elk and wildlife safetyAssisting with traffic management along US 441\/Newfound Gap RoadAssisting and guiding visitorsStanding and walking for extended periodsAnswering general questions about the park<\/p>\n<p>Interested volunteers can commit to one four-hour afternoon shift per week on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday between May and mid-November.<\/p>\n<p>According to the release, new Elk Rovers are required to attend a mandatory in-person training session in May.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/great-smoky-mountains-national-park-discovery-millipede-species-all-taxa-biodiversity-inventory-discover-life-america-initiatives-georgia-college-state-university-hampden-sydney-college-facebook-social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOUR NEW MILLIPEDE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn alongside a team of experienced rangers, who will provide on-the-job training.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/grsm\/getinvolved\/volunteer.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (WLOS) \u2014 The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking Elk Rover volunteers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-524302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}