Volunteers

Volunteers are critical to the success of WPC and play an important role in the protection and preservation of the land, water and wildlife under our care. We appreciate any time you can contribute to our ongoing efforts.

General Volunteer Opportunities

How can you help? In the warm months, typically May through October, WPC has frequent work projects occurring on WPC properties through out western Pennsylvania, from Erie to Fayette. This might be a day cleaning up an illegal dump, removing invasive weeds, building a bridge, repairing a trail, or marking a property boundary. Volunteers are always welcome at these events as many hands makes for light work.

Applicants will be added to email and phone lists through which we will provide updates regarding the time and location of these events. Although we call these events “work days”, they are informal and offer a chance to socialize with other conservation-minded people. Our volunteers also appreciate the opportunity to explore and learn about the ecology of the preserve where the work project is occurring.

Property-Specific Stewardship

WPC occasionally has the opportunity to assign volunteers to steward a specific property, where they take on increase monitoring responsibilities. Volunteers need to commit to visiting a property a certain number of times per year and provide monitoring reports, maps, and pictures to document these visits. Openings for property-specific assignments are made only as available, and we cannot guarantee that all applicants will be assigned to a specific property. We typically tap volunteers who have shown a strong commitment to the program by volunteering with our work days, and look for good fits between a volunteer’s interests and skills and the needs of the properties.

For more information contact our Land Steward Coordinator at 412-586-2318 or email: land@paconserve.org.

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