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Volunteers continue to be an important component of The Nature Conservancy’s work in Michigan. There are a variety of ways you can volunteer with everything from answering phones and research projects to removing invasive species, monitoring preserves, and potential internships. In addition to your financial support, we hope you will become a volunteer and make a contribution of your time and talents to Michigan’s future.
Curious how volunteers make an impact? Read The Kirtland’s Warbler in Michigan, written by Amber Hursh, former External Affairs intern.
Marketing Internship at The Nature Conservancy
Interested in marketing and how it relates to conservation? Apply for an internship with Melissa Soule, Marketing Manager for The Nature Conservancy in Michigan! Melissa is looking for an upbeat, smart and happy intern to help her with media projects, event promotion, and writing for the Conservancy. Read the job description or contact Melissa at msoule@tnc.org if you're interested!
Workdays
Due to the wintry conditions Michigan faces in the months of December to April, outdoor volunteer workdays are not scheduled during those months.
Register for workdays online or contact your local Volunteer Coordinator listed below. Registrants will receive a confirmation letter with directions and a list of things to bring and wear. Someone will contact you if the workday is cancelled.
Indoor Opportunities and Ongoing Projects
Partner Postings
The Nature Conservancy in Michigan works with several partners around the state, both public and private. Those interested in posting volunteer opportunities with The Nature Conservancy, please contact Danielle Miller. Opportunities may be posted on a rotating basis.
MI Stewardship Network
Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Want to help restore important natural areas in Southeastern Michigan parks and recreation areas? Join the DNR, Parks and Recreation Division, Stewardship Unit as we remove invasive, non-native shrubs to restore high quality ecosystems within these parks:
- Saturday, December 5 Island Lake Rec. Area (Livingston Co.), 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Sunday, December 6 Brighton Recreation Area (Livingston Co.), 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
- Saturday, December 12 Bald Mountain Rec. Area (Oakland Co.), 9 a.m. to noon
- Saturday, December 12 Highland Recreation Area (Oakland Co.), 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Sunday, December 13 Pinckney Rec. Area (Washtenaw Co.), 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Removing invasive shrubs requires many hands and will allow us to restore native tallgrass prairie, lakeplain prairie, fen wetlands, and oak savanna ecosystems in state parks and recreation areas.For workday details, to get directions, and to register, please visit www.michigan.gov/dnrvolunteers; and click on "Calendar of Volunteer Stewardship Workdays" under "Current Volunteer Opportunities". Hope you can join us! Questions? Please contact Laurel Malvitz-Draper at 248-359-9057 or malvitzl@michigan.gov for additional information.
Photos (top to bottom, left to right): Americorps volunteers © Conservancy Staff; © Conservancy Staff; volunteer removing buckthorn © Chuck Pearson/Volunteer Crew Chief.
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