Whether you have a few hours once in a while or a few hours on a regular weekly or monthly basis, the Friends’ and the Refuge would welcome your help!  Volunteering can be fun, satisfying, and a great way to meet new friends with similar interests, while also working to protect the special environment of the Parker River NWR. Here are some suggestions - if you have other skills you’d like to offer, please tell us about them.

 

Help the Friends with:

Outreach

• Write articles for local news media and content for the Friends’ website and Facebook page
• Participate in community events such as farmers’ markets and festivals
• Coordinate events including lecture series, roving naturalist opportunities, and historical walking tours
• Help build partnerships with local groups and organizations
• Generate interest in refuge volunteer tasks such as plover wardens, invasive species control, and beach clean-ups
• Assist with the recruitment of new members

 

Fundraising

• Identify grant funding sources and write applications
• Support the Hellcat Trail Boardwalk Plank Fundraiser team by assisting with photographing planks and transporting them to/from the engraver
• Create additional fundraising opportunities

 

Help the Refuge with:

Habitat Projects

• Remove invasive plant species that threaten the native plants of the Parker River NWR
• Participate in beach clean-ups
• Perform general landscape and infrastructure maintenance for trails and boardwalks

 

Visitor Services

• Greet and orient visitors at the Parker River NWR Visitor Center
• Lead guided tours via bike, kayak or van
• Help to monitor and maintain boardwalks, trails, parking lots and roadsides
• Staff annual events such as Let’s Go Outside and Eagle Festival
• Assist refuge staff on existing environmental programs or create new ones
• Be a Plover Warden

 

If you are interested, please contact friends@parkerriver.org.  Information and training will be provided!