• 10 people are interested
 

Volunteer Naturalist/Field Trip Hike Leader (Fall 2024)

Save to Favorites

ORGANIZATION: The Howard County Conservancy

  • 10 people are interested
image_20240726110549

Twice a year, the Howard County Conservancy offers free training to volunteers who are interested in learning how to lead field trip hikes at our Mt. Pleasant location in Woodstock. The fall 2024 training sessions will take place on the following dates in September. All sessions run from 9-12 and begin with coffee and conversation. The only requirements are a passion for nature, a desire to share your knowledge of the natural world with children, and daytime availability for field trips.

Elementary Training

Thursday, 9/12 (Grades K-2)

Friday, 9/13 (Grades 3-5)

Secondary Training

Tuesday, 9/17 (Watershed)

These training sessions will review the curriculum that volunteers need to assist with field trips at the Howard County Conservancy. If you are interested in joining us, please email volunteer@howardnature.org.

More opportunities with The Howard County Conservancy

1 Review

No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.

About The Howard County Conservancy

Location:

10520 Old Frederick Rd., Woodstock, MD 21163, US

Mission Statement

The mission of the Howard County Conservancy is to educate children and adults about our natural world, preserve the land and its legacy for future generations and model responsible stewardship of our environment.

Description

Received by the Conservancy in 1993 by Ruth and Frances Brown, Mt. Pleasant is a 300-year-old farm now operated as a nature reserve and educational facility. The Gudelsky Environmental Education Center, on-site at Mt. Pleasant, is Howard County's first nature center, opening in 2005. The Conservancy, originally founded in 1990 as a private, nonprofit land trust, today has a dual mission of preserving land in Howard County and providing educational programs.

Dedicated to educating youth and adults about environmental stewardship and ecosystems, the Conservancy focuses its programs on local animal and plant life found in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Conservancy has been educating Howard County youth since 1997, and has been an Educational Partner with the Howard County Public School System since 2003.

Located on 232 acres of rolling hills, with a variety of habitats, Mt. Pleasant is ideally suited for nature study and exploration. Mt. Pleasant is home to more than 140 species of birds and other wildlife, and offers beautiful vistas of the Patapsco Valley - all just 15 minutes from Columbia. Visitors to the Conservancy can hike 4 miles of trails or participate in a number of public programs, field trips, service learning, scout activities, summer nature camps and more.

CAUSE AREAS

Children & Youth
Education & Literacy
Environment
Children & Youth, Education & Literacy, Environment

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

10520 Old Frederick RoadWoodstock, MD 21163

(39.31585,-76.87601)
 

DATE POSTED

July 26, 2024

SKILLS

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • 3-6 hours for training; volunteers sign up for as many or as few field trips opportunities as they would like.
  • The volunteer coordinator will contact you with more information about the training and preliminary paperwork.

Report this opportunity