Grey Towers is the ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, first Chief of the US Forest Service and twice Govenor of Pennsylvania.
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Volunteer

The Grey Towers Heritage Association welcomes volunteers to assist, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, in continuing the legacy of the Pinchot family and their unique and beautiful home.

Volunteer opportunities include:

  • Conservation and arts programs
  • Musical, visual and literary events
  • Public walks and talks
  • Interpretive mansion tours
  • Conservation education, schools and youth programs
  • Conservation of the Laurel Hill Cemetery

To become involved email info@GreyTowers.org
or call 570-296-9630.

Scholar-in-Residence Program 2011
We welcome applications for a 1-to-4 week writing retreat and residency at Grey Towers National Historic Site. Professional historians and graduate students with a research project on the Pinchot family, the USDA Forest Service, or conservation history, are invited to apply for the opportunity to reside at Gifford Pinchot’s ancestral home, immersing themselves in the site where Pinchot gained the inspiration to write, legislate, and tirelessly work on behalf of forest conservation.

Grey Towers offers recipients an idyllic setting for research and writing with few distractions which will inspire new directions and ideas on conservation and the Forest Service while speeding completion of their work.

 

  Alley of trees at Grey Towers in Milford, Pa.

4 College Internships Available at Grey Towers
Applications currently are being accepted for a number of different internships at Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, PA. College students who are interested in natural resource conservation, history, art, gardening, landscape architecture, forestry, museum services and recreational or visitor services, such as tour guides, are encouraged to apply.

Students can earn from $75 per week subsistence allowance to $2,500 for the 12 week season, depending on which internship they qualify for. Housing on the historic estate and uniforms are provided. Internships vary in start and end dates and range from May through November.

  • Education/Interpretation/Visitor Services
  • Gardening/Horticulture
  • Museum Services
  • Horticulture Intern

For more information about any of these internship opportunities contact Grey Towers at 570-296-9630 or via email at greytowers@fs.fed.us. More information is available on the web at www.fs.fed.us/wo/gt/.

Grey Towers Heritage Association • P.O. Box 188 • Milford, PA 18337 • 570-296-9630 • info@greytowers.org