Make a Difference Volunteering Outside!

The Nature Conservancy of Canada runs a Conservation Volunteers Program. The goals of this program is to help protect Canada's biodiversity while providing a meaningful, hands-on ecucational experience in ecologically significant natural areas. In Ontario, NCC's Conservation Volunteers are working to help restore our natural areas including tackling problems with invasive species, assisting conservation scientists with monitoring rare species and contributing to important provincial surveys such as the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas. Since 2002, over 20,000 volunteer hours have been worked.

2009 Volunteer Events in Ontario
April 19, 2009: Wreck and Revive. Help clean up the Lathrop Nature Preserve.
April 25, 2009: Spring into Action. Community cleanup at Gillies Grove.
May 2nd, 2009: Greening Norfolk County. Help restore 23 acre property in the Southern Norfolk Sand Plain.
May 9th, 2009: Invasion at Cinnamon Bog II. Remove invasive species at Cinnamon Bog.
May 30, 2009: Bio Bonanza. Seeking local naturalists to help build a complete picture of the biodiversity on NCC's newest property in the lower Maitland River Valley
July 12, 2009: Carden Alvar Butterfly Count
July 28, 2009: Carden Alvar Dragonfly Count
September 18, 2009: The Great Pine Purge. Peter's Woods Provincial Natural Reserve.
Septembr 25, 2009: Tallgrass Harvest Hoedown V. Annual seed collection at Rice Lake Plains.
September 26, 2009: Another Return to the Savannah. Ecological restoration program at Savannah Links Golf Course/Native seeds collection.

You can find out more about volunteering in 2009 with Nature Conservancy in Ontario by visiting http://www.natureconservancy.ca/site/PageServer?pagename=vfn_volunteer_ON

and further information can be found about Nature Conservancy Canada by visiting http://www.natureconservancy.ca