Get Involved: Mueller State Park

Share your love and passion for reel and/or fly fishing with others. Assist with school groups, large events for all ages, and fishing derbys. We have an annual need for assembling, fixing, and rigging fishing poles and other equipment maintenance. Must have good people skills with the ability to represent the agency in a professional manner.

For those with an interest and familiarity of birds, volunteers will monitor Bluebird house/nesting sites located around the park.

The CPW archery program teaches international-style target archery to members of the public using steps that are safe and encourage success. Volunteer archery instructors teach events and class participants, both youth and adults, archery using CPW established curriculum.

Archery events for CPW include structured classes, school programs, and large scale, free-flowing events where participants are only engaged for a few minutes. Volunteer instructors usually work as a team with other instructors.

The Friends of Mueller State Park (FoMSP) is a non-profit 501c3 public charity that raises money to fund youth programs, park improvements and interpretive exhibits to enhance the experience of every visitor who enters the park.

Assist as a board member or volunteer with special events and fund raisers for the Friends of Mueller State Park organization. https://friendsofmuellersp.com/

Present park interpretive programs, such as: campfire talks, nature walks, multi-media shows, living history programs, evening programs and others. Lead school group programs on-site. Visit local students (or other groups) in their classrooms and conduct interpretive programs off-site. Conduct public workshops or classes. Conduct roving interpretive patrols in campgrounds, on park trails, at park facilities or in the backcountry. Help at large special events.

Special Projects is open-ended and provides an opportunity for some creativity and suggestions for projects and/or assignments that are outside the realm of naturalist work, maintenance details or trails crew.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with clerical duties in the Visitors Center
• work on website
• Facebook and other media
• cleaning
• organizing
• rearranging within any of the park's facilities
• newsletter compilation and editing
• Assisting with park events and other projects

Help preserve the park's trails system and backcountry by performing maintenance on current trails such as:

• creating water bars
• clearing trees
• posting, removing, redoing signs
• raking and brushing trails
• replacing, repairing and maintaining water culverts
• Also, occasional fence removal from the park's undeveloped areas

Located in the mountain community of Divide, Colorado. This park boasts beautiful mountain views. Mueller is currently seeking a volunteer host for the winter season. November and December have the highest need, but this host role can stay through March if desired.

Amenities:

There are two housing options for this volunteer role depending on the season. An RV site will be available with water and propane hookups along with a 20 or 30 amp electrical hookup. In the winter a furnished staff cabin on park with water, heat, kitchen, one full bath, 1 bedroom, wood burning stove, refrigerator, microwave, and outdoor fire ring. Both housing options would be in exchange for working 20 hours per individual each week (4 hour shifts, 5 days a week). Days off vary.

Laundry and internet are available at the maintenance shop right up the road from the cabin and RV site.

Responsibilities: 

Some responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• cleaning of a flush toilet facility
• cleaning campfire pits
• trash collection
• rental cabin housekeeping including laundry
• other projects to fulfill the 20-hour per week agreement.

Good to Know:

The park is at 9,800 ft elevation.

Couples and pairs welcome to apply. (Fill out separate applications, please!)

Dogs are allowed in developed areas of the park, not on trails or in the backcountry. 

There will be snow here in the winter. At times, the park will get multiple feet of snow at once. The maintenance team is very good at keeping roads within the park plowed. Highway 67, the road outside the park, can be snow covered and icy at times. Heavy snow is usually expected February-April.