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Volunteer Opportunities
The Nature Conservancy depends heavily on the efforts of volunteers like you to make our conservation efforts successful.
Volunteering with us is a great opportunity to meet new people and learn more about your natural world.
Platte River Prairies 2012 Volunteer Work Days
Get out your gloves and pruning shears, roll up your sleeves, and join us for Saturday prairie work! Duties vary, but may include seed harvest and cleaning, invasive plant removal, and some inventory work. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Mardell Jasnowski at (402) 694-4191 or mjasnowski@tnc.org.
The dates are:
June 9th
July 7th
August 4
September 1
Once you get in touch with Mardell, reminders will be sent ahead of each date, listing the location and time (they will be near Wood River/Grand Island).
Niobrara Valley Preserve
The Nature Conservancy's 56,000-acre Niobrara Valley Preserve (near Johnstown, Nebraska) offers various volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups. Some tasks include trail repair, fence-mending, and building maintenance. Contact Tracey Nelson at (402) 722-4440 with your availability and interest, and we'll try to match you with an assignment.
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Looking for A Longer-Term Commitment?
Need to build experience for a career in conservation? Looking for a summer get-away that allows you to give back to the world? Want to increase your knowledge of prairie ecology or natural history?
If you answered 'yes!' to any of these questions, consider volunteering with The Nature Conservancy at the Platte River Prairies in Nebraska! We are looking for a few dedicated people who are willing to give a month or more of their time between May and October, 2012. You can assist us with seed harvesting, native plant nursery work, invasive species control, fence repair and maintenance, research data collection, and inventory/monitoring of plant and animal populations. In most cases, we can provide housing during your stay, so your primary expenses would be limited to travel to our prairies and food.
We can tailor your experience to fit your individual needs and preferences. If you're a student looking for practical job experience, we will make sure you get hands-on practice with a wide variety of tools and techniques and can network with our partner organizations. If you're more interested in some components of our work than others, we'll do what we can to accommodate that. We can also help set up individual research or other projects if you want something more in-depth, or need something like that for college credit.
Anyone interested in volunteering with us can contact Mardell Jasnowski at (402) 694-4191 or by email for more information. We will ask for a resume and references, and will sort through applicants to find a slate of volunteers who match up well with our needs and capacity to provide a good experience for both parties. There is no deadline for applications - we will begin evaluating them as they come in.
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