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SUMMARY:Volunteer: The Nature Conservancy - Youth Environmental Education SPECIFIC DATES TBD
DESCRIPTION:© TNC\nApril-May SPECIFIC DATES TBD Naturalist: youth environmental education Brownsville Preserve & Parramore Island Learn more and sign up to help. \nCategory 13 The Nature Conservancy/Assist with Educational Programs. \n 
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/volunteer-the-nature-conservancy-youth-environmental-education/
CATEGORIES:Volunteer Opportunity
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SUMMARY:Volunteer: TNC Eelgrass Seed Collection
DESCRIPTION:Sign-up required. This opportunity has very specific requirements\, including the ability to snorkel.  Please review all the details here and contact Jen Dalke if you are interested. \nEach year\, The Nature Conservancy and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)\, along with several partners in the Seaside Heritage Seagrass Community Restoration Program\, begin another chapter in the largest seagrass restoration project in the world! \nAnd you can be a part of it. \nVolunteer snorkelers and water lovers are needed to collect millions of eelgrass seeds offshore of Oyster on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Volunteers must sign up to get updates as collection days each year are weather dependent and cancellations may occur. \nTrips will last from 4-5 hours. \nCATEGORY 13: Seagrass Restoration
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/volunteer-tnc-eelgrass-seed-collection/
CATEGORIES:Citizen/Community Science,Volunteer Opportunity
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SUMMARY:Volunteer: TNC Whimbrel Watch
DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to join TNC VVCR’s Migratory Bird Conservation staff and volunteers on the evenings of May 19th-28th from 5:00-7:00 pm ET to learn about Whimbrel migration\, take in the beauty and biodiversity of the seaside salt marsh habitat and participate in a little citizen science! \nCategory 13: Whimbrel Watch \nWhimbrel have a remarkable migration story! These shorebirds travel from their wintering grounds in South America to their breeding territory in the Arctic and subarctic each spring – over 4\,000 miles one way! For many Whimbrel\, Virginia is the only stop before reaching their breeding grounds. The Virginia Coast Reserve is especially important for these birds to rest and refuel\, where they feed on an abundance of invertebrates\, such as fiddler crabs\, on the expanses of protected marshland. Whimbrel Watch began in 2009 to document Whimbrel leaving the area and has become an annual outreach event to engage the community in citizen science. This effort is conducted in partnership with William & Mary’s Center for Conservation Biology. \nEvent Location Details: \nTo reach Box Tree Farm\, east of Machipongo\, take Machipongo Road east from Highway 13. Machipongo Road will become Box Tree Drive as you cross through at the stop sign on Seaside Road. Follow Box Tree Drive all the way to the end where you’ll see our team\, the salt marsh and the water! \nFor questions\, please reach out to our Migratory Bird Specialist\, Mario Balitbit at mario.balitbit@tnc.org or our Outreach and Education Coordinator\, Margaret Van Clief at mvanclief@tnc.org or call (757) 414-9227.
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/volunteer-tnc-whimbrel-watch/
LOCATION:Box Tree Farm\, Box Tree Drive\, Machipongo\, VA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Volunteer:  Eastern Shore Land Trust Student Field Trips
DESCRIPTION:The Eastern Shore Land Trust is seeking volunteers to conduct the following student field trips (Category 15: Eastern Shore Land Trust Children’s Field Trips): \n\nMay 7th – Metompkin Elementary 2nd grade (3 classes/6 volunteers)\nMay 9th – Metompkin Elementary 2nd grade (2 classes/4 volunteers)\nMay 20th – Kegotank Elementary 1st grade ESL (11 students/1-2 volunteers)\nMay 24th Kegotank Elementary 2nd grade ESL (17 students/2 volunteers)\n\nThe May 7th and May 9th field trips will be held at Grayson Chesser’s farm on the way to Saxis. The May 20th and 24th field trips will be held at Brownsville Preserve.\nThe day will look something like this: \n9:00/9:30 a.m. Students arrive \n9:30 a.m. Welcome and introduction by VESLT \n10 a.m. 1-2 mile nature walk with scavenger hunt \n11:15 a.m. Activities – identifying bones and shells\, art reflection/journaling based on the scavenger hunt \n12 p.m. Lunch (please bring your lunch\, we will have some snacks available for volunteers) \n1 p.m. Departure \nIdeally\, they will have enough volunteers to co-lead a class of students or to break the classes into smaller groups. They are also looking for help leading the activities. \nSecond grade is learning about habitat and life cycle. Deer and butterflies are popular and often the classroom example. \n\n\nTo sign up or get more information please contact Hali Plourde-Rogers  \n\n\n\n\nExecutive Director\, Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/volunteer-opportunity-eastern-shore-land-trust-student-field-trips-4/
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