You Can Volunteer To Fish In Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is home to some of the best views in America and a huge wildlife population.

There are also many opportunities for you to become a volunteer.

• Be a tour guide.
• Lead an educational program about the park.
• Build trails.
• Become a campground host.

You can also be a part of the volunteer fly fishing program.

With support from Yellowstone Forever and the Montana Institute on Ecosystems, the program engages in “fly fishing for science” to help fisheries biologists in identifying, maintaining, enhancing, and restoring native fish populations throughout the park. Established in 2002, this approach allows Yellowstone’s biologists to acquire data without having to travel to distant locations with electrofishing or other sophisticated gear.

Yellowstone has over 2,650 miles of streams and 150 lakes, and the fly fishing program helps keep those fisheries alive and well.

The goals of the program are simple:

• Protect fish species from being reduced by non-native trout species.
• Restore and maintain the crucial geological role of fish concerning other species in the park.
• Lead park visitors on fishing and fish-viewing adventures

If you're an angler, this program is right up your alley. Think about it: you get to fish in one of the most beautiful corners of the world to ensure that others will get the opportunity to fish there.

To learn more or to become a volunteer, visit the Volunteer section of the National Park Service website.

Why not if you have the time, means, and ability?

Imagine telling your friends that you get to hang out in Yellowstone and Fish all the time. They're going to be jealous, for sure.