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Stories in Oklahoma

Volunteer in Oklahoma

Join the dedicated team of volunteers making a difference in Oklahoma!

Last updated May 02, 2025

A group of volunteers applies protective tubing around trees.
Team Work For more than 130 hours, twenty volunteers and eight TNC staff worked at the restoration site in December. © Katie Gillies/TNC

Together, we find a way. 

Since 1986, The Nature Conservancy has worked to protect Oklahoma's magnificent landscapes and unique biodiversity encompassing more than 100,000 acres. Thanks to the support of conservationists like you, our work continues across Oklahoma's 12 biodiverse ecoregions! Volunteering is a great way to get involved, and we hope you'll consider joining us in the field soon.

How To Sign Up

Please complete the interest form at the bottom of this page to provide us with your contact information, special skills and interests. A member of our team will be in touch! 

 

Volunteers pick up trash.
Fun At Work Volunteer removing fencing along Blue River © By Katie Hawk
Girl holding crawfish
Discovering Nature During a trip at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve a girl finds a crawfish crawling along the road. © Larissa Balzer/TNC

In the Field

The Nature Conservancy operates preserves throughout Oklahoma and the staff has ongoing management, surveillance, biological survey and monitoring projects. Current projects include:

  • Butterfly, bird and bat monitoring
  • Vegetation sampling
  • Fence construction
  • Litter pickup
  • Trail maintenance
  • Painting
  • Plant and animal inventories
  • Seed Collection

Tallgrass Prairie Preserve Docent Program

The Tallgrass Prairie Docent Program staffs the preserve’s visitor center at the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve near Pawhuska, OK. Docent training is held each winter and the visitor center is open from mid March through mid December. For more information, please contact tallgrass.docents@gmail.com.

Donate Surplus Equipment

If you have surplus equipment, you can help with the restoration and maintenance of Oklahoma’s preserves!

"Teamwork makes the dream work." We appreciate and value the contributions of time, effort and special skills which you, as a volunteer, bring to The Nature Conservancy. Your actions increase the organization’s ability to protect the natural heritage of Oklahoma.

Questions

For more information, please contact volunteeroklahoma@tnc.org.

Volunteering for Nature (3:03) Josh and Marguerite's volunteer experience with TNC has opened their children’s eyes to a whole new world.

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