Trail & Outdoor Rec Job Boards

Whether you are looking to maintain backcountry motorized trails, manage community parks for a Maine town, or build a career within our state’s booming outdoor recreation economy, you’ve come to the right place. The Maine Trails Coalition supports all types of trail users and stewards, motorized and non-motorized alike. While we plan to develop more robust, interactive career tools in the future, we offer this curated list of related job boards as a starting point for connecting with meaningful employment across Maine’s great outdoors.
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State Parks and Public Lands

• Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands -
  • How to use: Set up alerts early in the hiring season to monitor seasonal and permanent openings with State Parks and other conservation opportunities as they become available. 
• Maine Conservation Corps
  • How to use: Ideal for those looking for hands-on national service positions, trail crews, and environmental stewardship opportunities across Maine's public lands.

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Trail and Land Stewardship Specialists

• Trails Skills Project Job Board
  • How to use: A national workforce hub tailored specifically to the trail industry. You can filter your search by state (Maine), job category (government, private sector, non-profit), and time commitment (full-time, seasonal, temporary).
• Maine Land Trust Network Job Board 
  • ​​​​How to use: The go-to spot for trail and land steward-related jobs. This board lists current openings at land trusts and associated entities across Maine, as well as roles in neighboring border regions of New Hampshire.

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Outdoor Industry and Community Roles

• ​Maine Outdoor Brands Job Board
  • How to use: Perfect for those looking to work within Maine’s thriving outdoor recreation economy. Listings span a diverse range of roles, including gear builders, entrepreneurs, guides, advocates, designers, and engineers.
• Maine Municipal Association
  • How to use: Use the search phrase "Parks and Recreation" on their job site to find community-focused roles, municipal management positions, and local town crew openings all around the state.
• Maine Parks and Recreation Association
  • How to use: Dedicated specifically to professionals managing municipal parks, community recreation programs, and local public spaces across Maine.

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Broad Conservation and Professional Networks

• Basecamp Outdoor
  • How to use: A popular, wide-array job board for the broader outdoor industry. Great for finding career paths that go beyond trail work, including marketing, operations, and leadership.
• Diversity Hiring Coalition of Maine
  • How to use: An excellent resource for connecting with Maine employers who are actively committed to building inclusive workforces and diverse professional teams.

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National Conservation and Youth Corps

• Conservation Job Board
  • ​​How to use: One of the largest national directories for employment in conservation, ecology, forestry, and outdoor recreation. Excellent for finding permanent, specialized natural resource roles across the country.
• Student Conservation Association
  • ​​How to use: A premier national resource for young adults and students. It features paid internships, summer trail crews, and conservation service positions in national parks and public lands across the United States.

Job Boards with an Equity and Diversity Focus

• Camber Outdoors Job Board
  • How to use: A dedicated job board focused on achieving workplace equity. It connects diverse, passionate professionals with reputable outdoor industry brands and partner companies committed to inclusive workplaces.
• Queer Outdoor & Environmental Job Board
  • ​​How to use: A national directory funded by The Outdoorist Oath. It connects LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies with inclusive employers spanning trail work, conservation nonprofits, and national parks.
• Greening Youth Foundation
  • ​How to use: Focuses on connecting underrepresented youth and young adults with sustainable career pathways in conservation, public land management, and the outdoor industry.
• In Solidarity Job Board
  • ​​How to use: A platform dedicated to centering equity in the outdoor industry by matching diverse talent with outdoor brands, environmental nonprofits, and organizations that have committed to the Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge.
• Justice Outside
  • ​​How to use: Features employment opportunities centered on environmental justice, outdoor education, and land stewardship, with a core mission of advancing racial justice and equity in the great outdoors.

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Looking for a seasonal role?

If you're just getting started in outdoor recreational work, looking to widen your skill set, or hoping to fill out your year-round work cycle with meaningful work, there typically are many seasonal trail jobs in Maine. Don't procrastinate in looking for these jobs, though! Many organizations start posting positions as soon as the fall and aim to have all staff hired by late winter. 
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Seasonal Trail Jobs in Maine

Links to external sources are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement or approval of their content by the Maine Trails Coalition.