We are a small team with many different projects, needs, and opportunities for involvement. If you have a talent, interest, skill, or passion that you would like to share or develop in service of our place-based research and outreach, we would love to hear from you. We hope volunteering with us is both enriching and enlivening.
Volunteers in the past have spanned many ages, from adolescents to retirees, and have contributed to our work in a wide variety of ways. Below are a few examples of current and past volunteer activities, though please don’t feel limited; we are always interested in new volunteer collaborations that build on people’s unique gifts and interests.
For those interested in volunteering with our program activities, we do ask for a regular commitment to help with weekly planning. Also, please note that the kinds of volunteer opportunities we have will shift with the season and staff availability.
Examples of Volunteer Activities
- Participating in biological field inventories (see also Participate in Field Research)
- Helping in the native plant garden (learn more about our regular Wednesday afternoon garden season volunteers by contacting Josie)
- Creating deer exclosures and monitoring vegetation
- Monitoring the seasonal life cycle events of plants on our phenology trail
- Studying native bees
- Identifying bat calls
- Mapping ancient forests using historical aerial photographs
- Mapping charcoal pits using LiDAR
- Researching farm and food organizations
- Mapping the local food system
- Assembling a mosaic of historical aerial photographs
- Transcribing oral history interviews
- Surveying community members
- Monitoring wildlife with game cameras
- Indexing photo database
- Data entry
- Hosting an event
- Fundraising
If you are interested in volunteering, please get in touch and we can discuss what might work best for all of us.
