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Volunteer
Your Talents to the Audubon Center
Would
you like to help us take care of our live raptors, reptiles
and amphibians, teach outdoor classes or maybe help with the
maintenance of our facilities and grounds?
We can use help in a number of areas!
Wildlife
Care
ACNW
has seven raptors, as well as snakes, turtles, frogs and
toads. All of our animals are used for educational programs.
Skills
Needed:
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Desire
to care for animals
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Willing
to feed raw meat to carnivorous animals
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No
animal care experience necessary- we train!
Loon rehabilitation |
Rehabilitated
loon being released |
Environmental
Education
ACNW
is a residential environmental learning center teaching grades
K-12. We offer a variety of programs such as Beaver Ecology,
High Ropes Course, Native American Crafts and many more!
Skills
Needed:
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Ability
to relate and get along with children
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Physically capable to be outside and moving around
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Teaching
experience preferred, but not required
Land
Stewardship
ACNW
has over 535 acres inclusive of forest, prairie and wetlands
habitat. Grounds projects are many and can vary greatly from
trail maintenance to fire wood hauling to painting! During
the Spring we can always use extra hands working on Maple
Syruping!!
Skills
Needed:
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Physical
ability for manual labor
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Desire to work outdoors often in wet and muddy conditions
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Hand and power tools experience preferred, but not
required
As
a volunteer, you will receive:
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Specific
on-site training
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Great
work experiences- valuable on resumes
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Satisfaction
in knowing your efforts are supporting environmental
education
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Meet
fascinating, friendly people from around the world
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A
discount in the gift shop
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Opportunities
to participate in limited enrollment special events
If
you are interested, please contact Kate Crowley at the Center
1-888-404-7743 or crowley@audubon-center.org
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Wildlife care
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Gardening
(vegetable)
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On-call teaching
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Wood
cutting/splitting/collecting
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Painting
(lots of exterior painting this summer)
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Pulling
and spraying invasive plants (garlic mustard, non-native
honeysuckle)
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Tree
trimming
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General
landscaping (wood chips, weed pulling, repairing protective
wire fences around saplings, etc.)
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Repairing
boardwalk over the wetlands
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Bud
capping; October – December bud capping of young
white pines and oaks
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White
Pine Rescue a) Pruning white pines to
protect from blister rust b) Pruning
infected branches c) Cutting and removing
heavily infested trees
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Mowing/weed
whipping around buildings and trails
Our
Mission:
To
protect, improve and promote the enjoyment of the
natural environment
through formal and informal
education programs and research; to assist
and
encourage
environmental education programs, centers, and
careers. |
Our
Vision:
The
environment is the blackboard for the Center's educational programs;
the common ground that brings us together with the natural world and
people from around the globe to share our concerns for one another and
the future. It is through positive and shared experience that we hope
we can affect the values and actions of our people to create a world
of harmonious diversity. |
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