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Volunteer Work
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- Naturalist
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- Current Needs
Wisconsin State Parks and Forests
Current Volunteer Needs
- Be a Campground Host
- Help With a Festival
- Help Organize a Friends Group
- Remove Invasive Plants
- Project Volunteers
Help With a Festival
Havenwoods State Forest is looking for volunteers to help with its February 20 winter festival. Contact Larry Goeb, (414) 527-0232. (1/21/10)
Remove Invasive Plants
Havenwoods State Forest would like volunteers to cut invasive buckthorn. Contact Larry Goeb, (414) 527-0232. (1/21/10)
Be a Campground Host
Kohler-Andrae State Park has openings for camp hosts for July and October 2010. If you're interested, contact James Buchholz, (920) 451-4080. (12/14/09)
Project Volunteers
Youth groups, scouts and environmental clubs often volunteer to clean up litter, plant trees and other group projects.
Gibraltar fourth
graders help remove non-native phragmite plants from a wetland
at Peninsula State Park.
DNR Photo by Kathleen Harris
Business and adult organizations also participate in litter clean up, trail renovation and construction projects for retreats and team building experiences. Groups or individuals that are interested in volunteering as a short-term or project volunteer should contact the property supervisor to discuss available opportunities and make arrangements.
Help Organize a Friends Group
The following parks and trails are interested in having friends groups:
- Nelson Dewey State Park, Cassville, (608) 725-5374
- Dells Natural Area, Wisconsin Dells, (608) 254-4737
- Kinnickinnic State Park, River Falls, (715) 425-1129
- Council Grounds State Park, Merrill, (715) 539-2631
- Gandy Dancer State Trail, St. Croix Falls/Superior, (715) 635-4121
- Wild Rivers State Trail, Rice Lake/Solon Springs, (715) 635-4121
- Saunders State Trail, Superior/Frogner, MN (715) 635-4121
If you are interested in starting a friends group at a property where none currently exists, "How to Form an Official DNR Friends Group In Wisconsin [PDF 68KB]" will give you a good idea of what is involved with the process. This two-page document lays out the steps you will need to take to become a friends group and where to direct questions.
For more information, ask Marissa DeGroot, Outreach Coordinator, (608) 264-8994.
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