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\n\t\t\tOrleans Conservation Trust\t<\/h2>\n\t

offers a wide variety of volunteer opportunities to help protect and preserve the natural beauty of Orleans. If you want to get involved, we want to provide you with the opportunity to do so. Look through our volunteer programs below, and see what appeals to you…<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tBiodiversity Seekers\t<\/h2>\n\t

Help us collect info on the biodiversity of our properties so that we can steward land in a scientific, data-driven manner. Join small groups\u00a0through the spring, summer, and fall to explore properties all over Orleans looking for and learning about the plants, animals, and insects inhabiting OCT lands.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tVolunteer Land Steward Program\t<\/h2>\n\t

OCT stewards over 700 acres of land, and we can’t do it alone. Help maintain and protect the land and trails at our most visited properties. Volunteer Land Stewards are assigned a property and receive training and orientation from OCT staff on stewarding that property. Tell us what you see, what the land needs, and work directly with our stewardship team to manage and preserve the lands we protect.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tVolunteer Workdays\t<\/h2>\n\t

Join us\u00a0every first and third Thursday of the month from 9:30AM to 11:30AM\u00a0at various OCT properties and take part in ongoing projects to help maintain and improve OCT properties and protect the habitats we steward. Help us remove invasive plant species, mark our property boundaries, maintain trails, or work on OCT’s Demonstration Pollinator Garden at our office! There are new opportunities every month to get involved. To sign up for one of our Volunteer Workdays, please follow this\u00a0link<\/a>\u00a0to browse all of our upcoming projects.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tJoining an OCT Committee\t<\/h2>\n\t

Working regularly on specific areas of OCT’s mission and operations, and reporting back to the Board of Trustees, Committee service is a great way to learn about and get more deeply involved in the Trust’s work.\u00a0Contact us using the form below\u00a0to learn more about serving on one of these committees:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t

Communications and Marketing\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Development<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Land Acquisition\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Land Management<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Education<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t