Volunteer Opportunity
Christmas Bird Counts!
Christmas Bird Counts Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Oak Flat & Queen Valley Saturday, December 23 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. How did Christmas Bird Counts begin? The Audubon Society reports: "prior to the turn of the 20th century, hunters engaged in a holiday tradition known as the 'Christmas Side Hunt.' They would choose...
AZGFD Cormorant Counts: January
Count Cormorants with the Arizona Game & Fish Dept. The AZGFD needs your help in conducting research statewide to characterize cormorant populations and their distributions and impacts on fish. Three options for helping out: Assist with a one-day cormorant count at assigned water bodies or within a specific area that may contain multiple waters. You...
National Parks Service – Monthly Buffelgrass Pull (February)
NPS Monthly Buffelgrass Pull Saturday, February 10th, 2018 Time: 7:00 - 11:00 am Help preserve the Sonoran Desert by removing buffelgrass, a highly invasive grass that threatens native plants and wildlife populations! Saguaro National Park East is hosting their monthly Buffelgrass Pull and needs your help! Volunteers should meet at the Rincon Mountain Visitor Center...
AZGFD Northern Pike Removal (Region 1)
Rainbow Lake ArizonaNorthern Pike Removal from Rainbow Lake The Region 1 AZGFD Office is looking for volunteers to help manually remove illegally introduced Northern Pike from Rainbow Lake. The project will run for several weeks late February/early March, and a moderate amount of volunteers are needed to help with gillnetting to remove pike before they begin to...
Jackrabbit Survey
Jackrabbit Survey Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 Survey Details: Surveys are walking transect surveys. Surveyors spread out in a line about 20m apart and walk forward, flushing jackrabbits as they walk, and record each animal. Each survey is about a mile long. The desert terrain varies from flat and lightly vegetated to hilly, rocky, and heavily...
AZGFD Cormorant Counts: March
Count Cormorants with the Arizona Game & Fish Dept. The AZGFD needs your help in conducting research statewide to characterize cormorant populations and their distributions and impacts on fish. Three options for helping out: Assist with a one-day cormorant count at assigned water bodies or within a specific area that may contain multiple waters. You...