Volunteer Day: Taking out Salamander Traps at Metea County Park

April 10, Friday, 10am, Metea County Park

Our research is done and the traps must come out!

We’ll hike out to the trap areas and, on the way, we’ll talk about what we found in our research. Dress for the weather; sturdy or waterproof boots are a good idea. Meet at the nature center.

Email rsmith@allencountyparks.org for more info. Cost is free!

Winter Trail Guide Training – Survival Skills

January 25, Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 PM

Go through the Metea County Park nature preserve and learn different parts of winter survival, from fire-building to shelter making. During this program, a naturalist will point out different ways to use the resources around you to help survive in the wilderness during the winter.

This program is free to volunteers, call 449-3777 or email kharding@allencountyparks.org to sign up.

Trail Guide Training Workshop

Sept. 28, Sunday, 1:00pm-4:00pm+, Fox Island County Park Nature Center

We are training trail guides for three choice “box” programs for school groups.

The idea is to train our trail guides on what we would like you to cover during a field trip in regard to the three most popular program choices for the fall season.

Following this training we would like you to stay for an early campfire supper where we can show each other unique gimmicks and gadgets (props) that you have used in order to make outdoor learning fun and interesting. Example: “scat tube made from 2-Liter bottles”-Scott Beam.

Hope to see you there! Pre-register (Call 449-3180) and bring a friend to this free workshop!

Monarch Volunteer Training

Saturday, June 14, 2:00 PM

We will be starting an educational study about monarch butterflies this summer. This study will include habitat care, counts, rearing caterpillars, tagging butterflies (both reared and wild), giving educational programs, seed collecting and much, much more.

We are in need of volunteers who are interested in working with this program to come to this training session at the Metea County Park Nature Center, to see what this program is all about and how they can help to promote this species. FREE to any person who would like to help with the program (as long as they are a certified volunteer or turn in a volunteer application at this meeting).

For more information contact Karie Harding at 449-3778 or by emailing her at kharding@allencountyparks.org.

Volunteer Training for Salamander Research

Saturday, February 16, 2:00 - 3:30 PM, Metea County Park Nature Center

We need your help!

We are collaborating with Little River Wetland Project to find out more about these important indicator species. This project will run from the time the ground is workable, late February, until the first of April, depending on weather and we need individuals to check the traps, do some measurements, record info, and take pictures. We will be monitoring Eagle Marsh and Metea County Park.

To volunteer for this project, you MUST have a volunteer application submitted and cleared and you MUST have taken this training course! Cost is free!

Please call 449-3777 to reserve your spot.