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Volunteer Opportunities
Field Projects
Tasks/Committees/Boards:
Here are a several ways you can help make BCNA a more effective conservation voice:
Conservation committee
- Help us remain an effective voice for Boulder County's wildlife and wild places. Open position.
Education committee
- Join us in planning our BCNA field classes and publishing the education brochure. Contact Carol Kampert (303)499-3049 or Evelyn Leigh (303)494-8750.
Ecosystem stewardship initiative
Ecosystem symposium
- Help with registration and hospitality at this year's conference. Contact Steve Jones 303)494-2468 or Joyce Gellhorn (303)442-8123.
Newsletter
- Help edit and design the quarterly newsletter. Contact Steve Jones: (303)494-2468 or Scott Severs (303) 684-6430
Field Projects:
Volunteer projects make up a large part of BCNA activities. During a recent year, 120 volunteers contributed over 2700 hours on 18 BCNA projects.
Front Range Pika Project: special for summer 2011
Calling all citizen scientists! The Front Range Pika Project is a citizen science program that engages the public in conservation research on the American pika. Pika Patrol volunteers follow monitoring protocols to collect data about pikas and their habitat in high altitude field sites, thereby informing efforts to assess whether pikas are impacted by climate change. The project will provide long-term data to aid the conservation of this little-understood alpine species and its associated habitats. Join the Pika Patrol to contribute to pika monitoring studies currently underway throughout the West and help us better understand this native Colorado species.
Check out pikapartners.org for more information and watch for volunteer trainings in early and mid-July. Volunteers must be able to hike on talus at high altitudes, willing to navigate to somewhat remote field sites independently, and able to attend both an evening classroom training and a half-day field training. Please contact Amy Masching at Denver Zoo at 303-376-4935 or amasching@denverzoo.org if you have questions or are interested in volunteering. Thank you to Boulder County Nature Association and Chipotle Mexican Grill for helping this project get underway!
Continuing field projects include:
- Boulder County Avian Species of Concern On May 6, 2001 more than 40 volunteers gathered to plan fieldwork for the BCNA avian species of special concern nest site monitoring project. Volunteers will be stalking least bitterns at dawn at Sawhill Ponds, listening for ovenbirds in Panther Canyon, and hiking into the high country to glimpse black swifts darting through roaring waterfalls.
Everyone can help out with the effort. If you see any of the following species during the breeding season (roughly June-July), please send me a note or e-mail specifying species, location, habitat, and breeding behavior observed.
American Bittern, Least Bittern, Northern Harrier, Northern Bobwhite, Common Barn-Owl, Long-eared Owl, Burrowing Owl, Black Swift, Bank Swallow, Red-headed Woodpecker, Lewis's Woodpecker, Loggerhead Shrike, Veery, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, American Redstart, Hooded Warbler, Ovenbird, Lark Bunting.
To find out more about these birds, check out the Boulder County Avian Species of Special Concern.
For more information contact Steve Jones, 303-494-2468, or email at curlewsj@comcast.net
- Cliff Nesting Birds of Prey Volunteers are needed yearly from March - July to monitor nest sites in Boulder County. Contact Lisa Dierauf, Coordinator of Volunteer Services, Boulder OSMP, (720)564-2014.
- Indian Peaks Bird Count Since 1982, the Indian Peaks Bird Count is the only four season bird count in Colorado. The 7.5 mile radius count circle is centered west of Nederland, CO. Elevations range from 7,000 to 13,500 feet. Data are used to track bird populations and conserve critical bird habitat. For more information contact: Dave Hallock or Bill Kaempfer.
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