For many, the chance to live and work in Yellowstone National Park is a dream come true. We’re excited to announce that Yellowstone Forever is hoping to make a few dreams come true this summer!

We’re looking for RV owners who want to hit the road and spend an unforgettable summer in Yellowstone as Yellowstone Forever Park Store Associates.

Living in Yellowstone

Yellowstone Forever is the official nonprofit partner of Yellowstone National Park. In addition to supporting critical projects in the park and running an educational institute, we operate educational book stores throughout the park!

A Park Store Associate at the Albright Visitor Center in Mammoth.

Many of these stores are in the interior of the park and their remote location means two things: unparalleled beauty outside your door, and the need for self-contained housing.

That’s why we’re recruiting RV owners. Park Store associates hired to work at one of our interior stores are guaranteed a space to park their RV.

“Living in the park for 5-6 months of the year is a unique experience that can really only be accomplished by working there,” said Bill Beverly, a summer Park Store Associate. “My schedule… has allowed me to have plenty of time to enjoy the activities I come to the park for, specifically, fishing, kayaking, wildlife viewing, hiking and geyser gazing.”

The face of Yellowstone Forever

A busy afternoon at the Old Faithful Visitor Center store.

Yellowstone Forever’s Park Store Associate are critical to our mission to protect, preserve and enhance Yellowstone. Associates are “the face” of the organization by working on the front lines and often in partnership with naturalist rangers from the National Park Service.

Associates assist and engage visitors with purchases of educational products, explain our supporter program and recruit new members, and help answer visitor questions about Yellowstone National Park.

“Having visitors come back to the store and thank me for giving them the information that allowed them to experience the park, possibly differently, then they might have is also very satisfying,” said Mr. Beverly.

Join the team!

Yellowstone Forever is currently looking for staff to work this summer from May 2021 through October 2021. Our stores are located throughout the park, and location will depend on staffing needs.

Store locations include: Old Faithful Visitor Center, West Thumb Geyser Basin, Grant Visitor Center, Fishing Bridge Visitor Center, Norris Geyser Basin, and Canyon Visitor Center.