So You Want to Volunteer? Please contact jrich@tnc.org for more information. Also download our Volunteer Application and Liability Release form.

Download a copy of the Summer 2008 issue of Let's JIVE, our volunteer newsletter (831KB, pdf).

LAND STEWARDSHIP WORKDAYS

Trail Clearing Whoopla!
Every year our trails need to be maintained by lopping overgrowth, picking up downed branches and repairing any accrued damage. Plan to help and enjoy a great hike by walking the trails and lopping limbs as you go. 

Contact Jennifer Rich, Volunteer Coordinator, at (434) 951-0572 or jrich@tnc.org to sign up, get directions and receive further information.

Saturday, July 12th 10:30 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. FORTUNE’S COVE PRESERVE, Nelson County
Saturday, July 26nd 10:30 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. WILDCAT MOUNTAIN PRESERVE, Fauquier County
Saturday, September 20th :30 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. VOORHEES PRESERVE,  Westmoreland County
Saturday, October 4th 10:30 a.m.– 4:00 p.m., FERNBROOK PRESERVE, Albemarle County

Proper Preperation: Be sure to dress properly for your workday. Generally, it is a good idea to wear long pants and hiking or work boots. You should also bring work gloves, a backpack, water and snacks (lunch). Depending on conditions a hat, sunscreen and insect repellent are helpful as well. If you have them, you may also be asked to bring additional tools/equipment.

Schedule Changes:  Predicting our project needs and weather conditions months in advance is tricky business. To that end, we will not work in thunderstorms, blizzards, tornados, hurricanes and the like. However, progress typically continues through sprinkles, showers, sizzles and stickiness. While cancellations are rare, sometimes we must change our plans with little advance notice. If you are uncertain of the workday status please call the trip supervisor.

Dismantling Crew
July (day TBD)
Warm Springs Mountain Preserve (Bath County)

We are constructing a new Flag Rock Overlook structure! Join the dismantling crew to help us break down and remove the current structure. Volunteers will be on top of Warm Springs Mountain disassembling the gazebo and carrying lumber, roofing material and the like a short ways down the trail all while enjoying the impressive views atop Flag Rock. Do you want to be a part of the crew?  Do you have a wheelbarrow or related dismantling tools? Contact Jen Rich, volunteer coordinator, at (434) 951-0572 or jrich@tnc.org.

 Vegetation Eliminators
 September (day TBD)
GASBURY GRANITE FLATROCKS (Brunswick County)

Stop encroaching vegetation. Help us protect a unique habitat, home to several rare and threatened species, by cutting, lopping, hand sawing and pulling vegetation along the granite rocks’ edge. Such a broad expanse of granite flatrock is unusual in Virginia, and the three globally rare plant species found there grow in the scant soil that accumulates in the rock depressions. Contact Jen Rich, volunteer coordinator, at (434) 951-0572 or jrich@tnc.org for more information or to sign up.

Nature picture credits (left to right): Photo © Mary Porter (Rappahannock River); Photo © Mary Porter (Volunteers build trail at Fortune's Cove).