Here is my TRIBESEED. Help the natural world.
For example, working to improve habitat for wild animals, count or map endangered plants or animals, remove invasive plants. Picking up trash always.
Specifics I have done: helped remove invasive plants in Anza-Borrego state park as part of a native plant group, two Audabon Christmas Bird Counts at wildlife refuges (the Bill Williams and the Havasu), hiked in to remote area with native plant society folks (Bristlecone chapter, eastern Sierra near Lone Pine) to count and map a rare plant. I also spent a day with an herbalist collecting plants for her own work. Except for the CBCs, these opportunities were pure luck coupled with alert attention and willingness to offer my help.
The benefit of giving your time this way besides good feelings is that you can often get much deeper in knowledge of an area than the average visitor gets. You get to work directly with an expert, ask them all the questions that you want. You might get to unusually beautiful or remote parts of a park or refuge.
Perhaps in this thread people might post opportunities that they become aware of. It might be something that you intend to do yourself, or not.
I would like to know of others interested in spending their time in this way. We could meet up and work together.
Being specific about when and where the opportunity is will be most helpful. I think.
Although general information can also plant seeds and inspire research and creative thinking.
Ok it's your turn now!
For example, working to improve habitat for wild animals, count or map endangered plants or animals, remove invasive plants. Picking up trash always.
Specifics I have done: helped remove invasive plants in Anza-Borrego state park as part of a native plant group, two Audabon Christmas Bird Counts at wildlife refuges (the Bill Williams and the Havasu), hiked in to remote area with native plant society folks (Bristlecone chapter, eastern Sierra near Lone Pine) to count and map a rare plant. I also spent a day with an herbalist collecting plants for her own work. Except for the CBCs, these opportunities were pure luck coupled with alert attention and willingness to offer my help.
The benefit of giving your time this way besides good feelings is that you can often get much deeper in knowledge of an area than the average visitor gets. You get to work directly with an expert, ask them all the questions that you want. You might get to unusually beautiful or remote parts of a park or refuge.
Perhaps in this thread people might post opportunities that they become aware of. It might be something that you intend to do yourself, or not.
I would like to know of others interested in spending their time in this way. We could meet up and work together.
Being specific about when and where the opportunity is will be most helpful. I think.
Although general information can also plant seeds and inspire research and creative thinking.
Ok it's your turn now!
