Hot Springs National Park

The Landscape Stewardship Corps puts interns aged 18 to 30 in 26-week stints on historic and cultural landscapes, learning trades such as horticulture, arboriculture, masonry and carpentry.

Barry Richardson started volunteering at Hot Springs National Park in 1999. More than 7,000 hours later he still does a bit of everything — and once touched a snake for the first time.