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SEARCH RESULTS 16 Opportunities Found
Opportunity Description: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites you to come out and lend a hand on Saturday October 2nd in recognition of the 17th annual National Public Lands Day celebration. This year we will be transplanting Chokecherry trees around the Kerber Creek to help stabilize the creek walls to prevent further erosion. With the help of many partnerships the BLM began the Kerber Creek restoration project in 2005. This important environmental project focuses on repairing damage caused between the late 1800s - mid 1900s from the Bonanza Mining District. Mine wastes containing heavy metals have had a remarkably disturbing effect on the creek, including the destruction of vegetation, erosion, decreased water quality and death of fish and other aquatic life. These travesties have occurred because the metals in tailing piles are mobile in water. The toxic metals are soaked up by plant roots with water, and cause the plants to slowly die. Without vegetation to support the structure of the creek, the creek freely erodes. To combat the negative effects of the erosion the BLM has started the process of phytostabalization, which is a method that uses lime, limestone, and compost to bind metals and make them less water soluble. This process keeps metals from being absorbed into vegetation. Since 2007, 60 acres of mine waste along the creek have been phytostabilized, 40 of those acres have been stabilized over the past two years. Partners have contributed over $1.2 million in aid for clean-up. In addition, these partners have contributed over 3,000 volunteer hours towards the project. If you would like to lend a hand please register online or contact Rob Santoro at (719) 852-6267 or rob@voc.org We will meet at the Villa Grove Trading Post at 8:30am and then caravan approximately 9 miles to the worksite. Please be prepared to work the majority of the day. What to bring: • Water • Sunscreen • Work clothes you don’t mind getting dirty • Long Pants • Jacket (dress in layers according to the weather) • Rain Gear • Boots (no open toed shoes allowed) • Hat • Gloves (or will be provided) • Lunch and snacks • A friend or family member Housing Availability: Not Available 
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Opportunity Description: The San Luis Valley BLM could use a hand on Saturday September 25th. The Bureau of Land Management has discovered that the public land adjacent to the Ortiz cemetery is being used as an illegal dumping site and would like your help cleaning it up. From inside the cemetery you can easily see dozens of unsightly trash piles, and as you walk around, it is obvious that the area is littered with burn piles, beer bottles, construction debris, discarded household items, and saddest of all, flower arrangements meant for loved ones. If you are interested in helping please join us at the Antonito Shell gas station (Main St. & W. 3rd) on Saturday September 25th at 8:30am. From there we will caravan to the work site which is located approximately 6 miles south of Antonito. Volunteers should expect to work from 8:30am until 1pm. The BLM will provide work tools, gloves, bags, dumpster, a porta-potty and plenty of work. What you should bring: • Work clothes – long pants that you don’t mind getting dirty • Sturdy shoes – boots are preferred due to the uneven footing • Water • Sunblock • Hat • Any personal medication • Friends and family • Something for lunch Please register for this project at www.VolunteerOutdoors.net or contact Rob Santoro at (719) 852-6267 or rob@voc.org Housing Availability: Not Available
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Opportunity Description: Campsites are not available for Volunteer use. Campgrounds are operated by the State of Colorado and the City of Lakewood. Visitor Information Specialist/ Tour Guide: This volunteer can be individual adult or couple, retired. Position begins May and runs through September. The overall purpose of this volunteer position is to assist the Interpretive Park Ranger with the operation of the South Platte Visitor Center. Specific duties include the following: performing information (lobby) desk duties, greeting the public, answering questions, direction visitor activity and handling telephone requests. Conducting formal and informal talks and tours at and around the South Platte Visitor Center on a variety of subjects. Performing routine maintenance on audio-visual equipment and cleaning displays. Preparing general information, mailing packets, assisting with related correspondence, bulletins, checking brochures supplies and restocking shelves, operating project radio and telephone equipment. Also making recommendations to the Interpretive Park Ranger regarding all aspects of the South Platte Visitor Center. (Updated 08/27/2010)
Opportunity Description: Hovenweep National Monument is looking for one person to help the park staff with visitor center and interpretation duties during the Fall season. Hovenweep National Monument is located in southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado and is home to eight ancestral Puebloan villages that include a multitude of square, round and D-shaped towers that date back to 1300 A.D. Considered remote, Hovenweep is 45 miles east from the small town of Blanding, Utah where basic shopping and medical services are available. Cortez, Colorado (42 miles) and Durango, Colorado (91 miles) to the west offer more services, including a variety of shopping venues, restaurants, airports and hospitals. Hovenweep is less than a day’s drive to other National Park and recreation areas like the Grand Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Mesa Verde, Natural Bridges, Lake Powell, Four Corners and Monument Valley. These areas offer many diverse recreational opportunities that include biking, hiking, climbing, four wheeling and river rafting. Volunteer duties include a full range of interpretive programs and activities, including developing and presenting interpretive programs to the visiting public in a variety of formats: evening programs, guided walks to archeological areas, porch talks and overlook talks, roving interpretation at park trails and outlying archeological areas, assisting Canyonlands Natural History Association with sales and inventory of merchandise, assisting with education outreach programs, assisting park staff with projects and emergency situations and staffing the visitor center information desk (park orientation, answering general questions, trip planning). Temperatures during the fall average between 70-85 degrees for highs and 40 degrees for lows. Housing with utilities are available. Volunteer may have to share housing with one other person. A background check may be required for the person selected. Effective October 1st, 2010, a meal reimbursement of $15.00/day will be available for volunteers.
Opportunity Description: Woodworker, Fort Collins, CO, Canyon Lakes Ranger District, Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests: Like to work on carpentry projects? We are looking for an experienced and creative woodworker to help us summer through fall with a variety of projects in a fully set up shop in Fort Collins.
Housing Availability: Not Available • Housing Description: No house is available
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Opportunity Description: Renovation Ranger Crew Leader: We’re looking for "handy" locals that are interested in helping us to start up a brand new maintenance program for the Forest Service in Larimer County, Colorado. We have a huge backlog of work and need your help to do everything from repairing and replacing metal gates, fixing well pumps, raking leaves and branches in a campground, fence mending, to planting new trees. If you like to be your own boss, this is the volunteer position for you! Crew leaders will be in charge of projects from start to finish. Crew leaders may go out on their own to complete small repairs, but will also be responsible for working with teams of volunteers to do these much-needed repairs. We’ll recruit the volunteers for the program, and crew leaders will do the volunteer scheduling and supervising, supply organization, and project reporting. Project locations may range from the mountains west of Fort Collins to the Pawnee National Grasslands in Weld County. You'll need to be in good physical condition and able to work at high altitude sites. Work with Forest Service employees on the first project, then strike out on your own. Training includes how to use the Forest Service field radio, basic first aid and defensive driving
Opportunity Description: JOB DESCRIPTION: We are currently accepting applications for a Library Assistant Volunteer position. The USGS Geomagnetism Group is looking for a motivated, knowledgeable, enthusiastic individual to work as a Library Assistant Volunteer. The USGS Geomagnetism Group Research Library is a small collection of historical books and data records related to Geomagnetism. DUTIES: The Library Assistant will work with USGS staff to help organize the library holdings. The assistant will perform a variety of library tasks including inventory, sorting, filing, indexing, labeling, shelving, and general library maintenance. Depending on the skill level, additional responsibilities may include entering the holdings into a simple online database. NECESSARY SKILLS: The selected volunteer must possess a basic understanding of library practices and procedures, an interest in library materials, an attention to details, and organizational skills. TIME COMMITMENT: This position would best be filled by someone willing to work a few hours a week on a regular basis, at least until the library is organized. AREA: The USGS Geomagnetism Group is located in Golden, Colorado on the campus of the Colorado School of Mines. Conatct: Carol Finn (303) 273-8475, cafinn@usgs.gov
Opportunity Description: The Rifle Ranger District in conjunction with the Cayton Ranger Station Foundation are seeking volunteers interested in living in a remote site on National Forest Service Land for 4 months (June-September) to maintain and protect the Cayton Ranger Station. The Cayton Ranger Station is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the second oldest ranger station in the United States. Duties involved with this position include but are not limited to: cabin maintenance, facility clean-up, trail maintenance, visitor contacts, and assistance with event coordination. This will mark the cabins 100 year anniversary.
Volunteers interested in this opportunity would need to provide their own housing. There are no amenities on site. If you have any questions, please contact Kyle Grambley at: (970) 625-6852.
Opportunity Description: The U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center needs volunteers to help with research on the ecological impacts of sylvatic plague in Colorado and New Mexico. This is a multi-agency study motivated by conservation of species at risk (e.g., the black-footed ferret). This study will include capture, handling, anaesthetizing, blood sampling, vaccination, and general census work on various rodent species. Learn about ecology, zoonotic diseases, wildlife behavior and habitats. Develop field skills with handling wild animals. Field work will be conducted from May through October. Housing and stipend will be provided. Housing Availability: Available • Housing Type: Trailer
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Opportunity Description: Determine the rates of exchange as well as the environmental controls on the exchanges of greenhouse gases, water vapor, and heat between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere. This work has been and will be undertaken over a variety of surfaces -- lakes, forests, grassland, and rangeland at a variety of locations. Volunteers will complement a research group in capacities set to their abilities and availabilities. Assistance in the office, laboratory, and field are needed. Volunteers will learn basic laboratory and field procedures for collection and analysis of gas samples, varied experience with computers to collect and analyze data, and have exposure to an array of sciences including ecology, meteorology, hydrology, and soil sciences.
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