Volunteer

Volunteers
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Are you interested in...

helping the environment?
working with others who share your love of nature?
contributing your time and skills to an organization you believe in?
broadening your resume and life experiences?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we've got some great opportunities for you. Volunteers help The Nature Conservancy devote a major portion of its funds to land conservation, keeping our effectiveness high and our costs low.

Getting Started

Outdoor Opportunities--check out our new Preserve Monitor Program!

Additional Opportunities

Volunteer News

Our Wish List

We are currently in need of the following items for the Maryland/DC Field Office. If you have any of these items that you no longer use, please consider donating them to The Nature Conservancy! Contact Deborah Landau at dlandau@tnc.org.

Working GPS Units -To be distributed to our preserve monitor volunteers to increase the accuracy of their work
Compasses - Also for our preserve monitors
Dissecting Microscope - The one that was donated to us 15+ years ago finally fell apart and we would love to replace it!
Digital Camera- For preserve monitors to document land uses and encroachments (can be older, but needs to be working)
Five Gallon Buckets - For tree planting workdays
Plant Press
Staple Gun