Nursery volunteers have the unique opportunity to train and care for native plants of the Pacific Northwest.  Not only will you get to help natives live and grow, but you will also have opportunity to learn how a nursery is managed day to day.  The variety of tasks at the nursery include, but are not limited to watering, weeding, potting, maintaining, reorganizing, loading and unloading plants, sawdust, potting soil, and mulch.  This volunteer opportunity can include the use of tools such as shovels, wheelbarrows, hoses, lawn mowers, weed-eaters, and other power tools.  Physical requirements can include digging, bending, lifting, walking, hauling plants and other materials.  Volunteers and staff are exposed to weather.   Visit the nursery page for more information on the range of opportunities available.

Volunteers are trained by field technicians to assist with counting adult salmon returning to local streams.  Volunteers are trained at a workshop in October to identify and count spawning salmon, salmon carcasses, and count and mark redds (nests).  Surveys must be consistently done on a weekly basis, and most surveys will occur on weekdays, but coordination with team members can occur for surveys to be done on weekends. Committing to one day a week for three months is required. Time commitment: 1-6 hours per week, October-January. Learn More about our spawner survey program.

Our school programs engage youth in grades 3-12 though classroom lessons and field service-learning opportunities.  Volunteers are needed to help in classrooms and field trips with coordination, instruction, and safety, weekdays through the school year. Time commitment 4-10 hours per week.