- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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15 people are interested
Parks, Open Space, & Trails Volunteers Needed
ORGANIZATION: City of Longmont, Parks & Natural Resources
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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15 people are interested
City of Longmont's Parks, Open Space, and Trails (POST) Division needs volunteers! Visit our volunteer portal at https://joinus.longmontcolorado.gov to see our calendar of volunteer events and free educational opportunities.
We have a variety of one-time and ongoing volunteer events as well as free educational classes for including:
-Lead Volunteers (Do you have wildlife or plant skills? What about people or organizational skills? Come volunteer with a specific group of ongoing volunteers as a Lead Raptor Nest Monitor or a Restoration Crew Lead, etc.)
-Wildlife Monitoring (Help monitor raptor nests, songbirds, and other City wildlife as needed)
-Ecological Restoration (Help plant native vegetation, eradicate noxious weeds, remove fences to benefit wildlife, etc. as part of our Restoration Crew or at one-time events)
-Trail Building (Help restore, maintain, and build trails on City Open Spaces)
-Photography (Help take photos of Longmont Open Spaces and Trails or take pictures of volunteers hard at work at one-time events)
-Memorial Rose Garden (Got a green thumb? Help restore and maintain the beauty of our rose garden beds)
-Special Projects for Groups (Do a one-time Clean Up Green Up event, Adopt-A-Park or Greenway, or work with us to develop your own natural resources project)
More opportunities with City of Longmont, Parks & Natural Resources
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About City of Longmont, Parks & Natural Resources
Location:
7 S. Sunset St., Longmont, CO 80501, US
Mission Statement
Our Vision: -Connecting people with our natural resources; -Respecting our environment; -Defining our community; -Balancing our growth; -Treasuring our children's future; -Protecting what we value.
Description
Our Goal is to provide a high quality Open Space and Trails system for the citizens of the Longmont area by:
-Preserving natural areas, wildlife habitats, biodiversity, wetlands agriculture and visual corridors
-Linking trails like the St. Vrain Greenway to provide access to public lakes, streams, parks and other usable Open Space and public lands, stream corridors and scenic corridors along existing highways.
-Conserving natural resources including forest lands, range lands, agricultural lands, aquifer recharge areas, water rights and others
-Designing Nature Areas like Lake McIntosh, Izaak Walton, Jim Hamm and Dickens Farm; devoted to low-impact recreational uses sensitive to natural land values
-Providing urban shaping buffers between or around community service areas and create buffer zones between residential and non-residential developments
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
7 S. Sunset St.LongmontLongmont, CO 80501
DATE POSTED
May 21, 2019
SKILLS
- Habitat Restoration
- Landscaping
- Botany
- Environmental Education
- Gardening
- Horticulture
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Register through our volunteer portal here: https://joinus.longmontcolorado.gov