Wetland
Restoration Volunteers: Purple loosestrife project
NepRWA
seeks volunteers to help with a Purple
loosestrife biological control project. This wetland
restoration project offers a variety of volunteer positions that
provide great hands-on opportunities for individuals, families, groups, adults,
students, clubs, religious organizations, institutions, Scouts,
and classes. Join us; get out in the field! Learn
more here, or contact Restoration Manager Carly at
781-575-0354 x303 or rocklen@neponset.org.
Office
Helpers
Do
you have a little time available to help out on a regular basis?
If you can plan on a half day or more a week (or a month!) on a
regular basis, we can put you to work at the NepRWA office doing
all kinds of things from helping with mailings, to organizing
data, to preparing equipment for water testing days. This role
involves working one-on-one with NepRWA Staff or independently at
the office. Being able to commit to a reasonably regular schedule
over at least a couple months is the key to making this kind of
volunteer role work well. For more information, contact Carly
Rocklen at 781-575-0354 or rocklen@neponset.org.
Citizen
Water Monitoring Network: “Fill-In” Samplers
The
CWMN program collects water quality samples six times a year at 41
locations around the watershed. Fill-In Samplers are on call to
“fill-in” when the regular volunteer at a sampling site is not
available for a particular sampling event. You’ll be trained in
sampling techniques and then will coordinate with the Project
Manager a few days before the sampling to get your site
assignment. This volunteer job requires collecting samples between
6:00 AM and 7:30 AM on Wednesday mornings roughly once every six
weeks. You must have your own transportation and be willing to
travel to different parts of the watershed for each sampling. Learn
more or contact Bill Guenther at 781-575-0354 or Guenther@neponset.org.
"On
Call" Helpers
These volunteers have their names added to the "on call"
volunteer email list (or phone list) and agree to "help when they can" with short-term group efforts to prepare mailings, provide an extra set of hands on the day of a special event, or assist with other miscellaneous tasks as they come up.
Volunteers must have "helping hands" and enjoy chatting with fellow volunteers. Your own transportation is usually required.
The location varies depending on the need - e.g., sometimes at the office and sometimes at a special event location.
Time and schedule also depend on need. Generally short-term projects of 1 to 2 hours. Commitment is determined by the volunteer.
For more information, contact Carly Rocklen at 781-575-0354 or rocklen@neponset.org.
Special
Events Volunteers
These volunteers help to plan, organize or carry out
Association public programs and special events such as canoe trips, nature walks, river cleanups, the annual meeting and other activities. Volunteers can help in many ways by serving on the planning or publicity committee for an event, by leading a program in their area of expertise (like a bird walk), or by providing willing hands to help out on the day of an event.
Location varies depending on the event. Volunteers may work from home, at the office
or at the event site. Timing depends on the volunteer's role, as
do required skills. Time commitment is determined by the
volunteer. For more information, contact Carly Rocklen at
781-575-0354 or rocklen@neponset.org.
Website
Planning “Consultant”
This
is a short-term assignment for an individual with a strong working
knowledge of the pros and cons of various options for managing the
“back-end” of a website. NepRWA is in the process of planning
a major overhaul of our website, and we’re looking for someone
who is quite knowledgeable about web hosting, website authoring
tools, content management systems and implementation of web 2.0
tools such as blogs, wikis and the like. We need someone to help
us evaluate our options for what kinds of technology and/or
services would be the best platform for building and managing our
new site. We are looking for someone with a very specific skill
set who can give us some short-term advice and help shorten our
learning curve, we’re not necessarily looking for someone to be
our long term webmaster (though tat would be OK too). For more
information, contact Carly Rocklen at 781-575-0354 or rocklen@neponset.org.
Photographers
Do
you take pictures? We need pictures! We are looking for folks who
like to take pictures (or who already have them). We need pictures
of beautiful landscapes, pictures of pollution, pictures of
flooding, pictures of NepRWA events and volunteers. Most of all we
need pictures of people (and peoples faces) who are out enjoying
or working on the watershed. You can take pictures wherever you
want, whenever you want and share them with us. We’ll add them
to our high resolution photo library (you can also join our group
on Flickr!). If you’re willing we can also add your name to our
list of “on-call” photographers that are willing to help take
photos of special events, volunteer projects or other specific
topics as the need arises. For more information, contact Carly
Rocklen at 781-575-0354 or rocklen@neponset.org.
Tackle
Your Own Special Project
Do
you have a chunk of time available and an interest in tackling
your own special project? We have lots of “projects” that need
doing like organizing a river cleanup, surveying stream crossings,
researching river history, making a river video, reopening a canoe
launch, preparing a marketing survey. The possibilities are
endless! As a special project volunteer, a NepRWA Staffer will
work with you to identify a discrete project that matches your
interests and skills, to develop a “scope of work” for your
project, and to connect you with any training or special resources
you may need. Then its up to you to manage your project, implement
it, and bask in the glory of the outcome. Special Project
volunteers can work in the office if they like or at their own
home and the schedule is entirely up to you. If there’s a
problem in the watershed that’s always bugged you or something
you always wanted to get done, this is the volunteer role for you!
For more information, contact Carly Rocklen at 781-575-0354 or rocklen@neponset.org.
Advocate
for Neponset Watershed Protection
Advocate
for watershed protection! Join
NepRWA's e-mail list to receive advocacy updates; write to rocklen@neponset.org
and ask to be added to the NepRWA e-mail list.
Green-Your-Home-Life
Volunteers
Help
improve the health of the Neponset River Watershed at
home.
Raise Funds for NepRWA's
Watershed Conservation Efforts
We
encourage all to join the NepRWA electronic mailing list to
receive announcements of upcoming events and conservation
opportunities. Just complete the form, below:
Nov.
2009
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