Field Season PositionS

2025 Volunteer Crew Leader

This seasonal position provides an opportunity to work in some of the most beautiful and remote areas of North America. The Crew Leader will coordinate, train and manage groups of up to 10 adults and/or youth volunteers on 6-8 back country field projects from early April to mid October.

Solitude Monitoring Specialist

Picture yourself backpacking for three days across rigorous routes while gathering data critical to successful wilderness management.

Our 2025 Solitude Monitoring Specialist will lead volunteers on three-day backpacking trips while collecting data necessary for monitoring the social indicator, "Opportunities for Solitude" within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.

A recent llama encounter in the Beartooths. Photo Joe Josephson.

Since 2012, wilderness stewardship interns have been a key part of the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Foundation family.

Each summer, ABWF hires several interns to assist the USFS and ABWF on trail projects, to support the Trail Ambassadors program, and conduct community education on wilderness ethics. These paid internships provide valuable real world experience in trail building, leadership skills, and community engagement as well opportunities to experience The AB as few do.

2025 Internships

Each summer, ABWF employs hardworking and dedicated Trail Crew Interns to carry out “boots on the ground” work across the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. If you are serious about spending a season in one of America’s Wilderness crown jewels and want to learn more, check out the Intern Position Description.

Apply today through Montana Conservation Corp.

Positions typically fill by mid-winter, but if you think you’d be a good fit, please drop us a line with a letter of interest and we will keep it on file for upcoming opportunities

Why We Love Interning With ABWF

  • “Reading deeper into the background of the foundation and what it stands for made my heart flutter with excitement… Going into the experience I had little to no experience working on trails and I had never been out West. That didn’t stop the ABWF from seeing my potential.” 

    — Breanna Adamson, 2024 Gardiner Ranger District Intern

  • “I mean it when I say that I have never felt as strong a sense of belonging as with not only the other ABWF folks, but the other groups as well… I was amazed at how much I felt I could truly express myself in this group of people. It’s inspiring and has only reinforced my dream of working in this field for a long time yet.”

    — Reilly Stack, 2024 Yellowstone Ranger District Intern

  • “The Beartooth mountains fill my soul and provide for me so I would love to do the same for them. This is why I have found myself with ABWF to begin learning how to take care of the places I love.”

    — Michael Winn, 2024 ABWF Intern