Approved for Service Hours
Ferrum Nature Society winter bird count. Other bird counts are also recognized as appropriate projects.*
Virginia Save Our Streams water quality monitoring.*
Water Wizard Van. Educational activities for 4th graders sponsored by Bedford County Soil and Water
Conservation District & Bedford County 4-H.*
Boones Mill Elementary After School Science Project.*
W.E. Skelton 4-H Center at Smith Mountain Lake. Outdoor classroom project and other educational/outreach
and stewardship opportunities.*
Native Plant Buffer Garden Maintenance. Smith Mountain Lake State Park and Skelton 4-H Center*
Franklin County Reading Spurts Program. Education outreach teaching children about natural habitat in area.
Department of Environmental Quality. Assisting in presenting stream talks in public schools.
Ferrum College Trail Revitalization Project. Ferrum outdoors programs.
Terrestrial Isopod Survey. USGS Putuxent Wildlife Research Center.
Smith Mountain Lake State Park and Fairystone State Park. Many projects available on an ongoing basis.
Smith Mountain Lake Association. Numerous stewardship, maintenance, and survey opportunities available.
Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Museum of Natural History, and Virginia Departments of Conservation
and Recreation, Game and Inland Fisheries, and Forestry. State sponsoring agencies which provide numerous volunteer
opportunities.
Friends of Philpott Lake. Various stewardships and educational projects.
Booker T. Washington National Park. Educational, stewardship, and citizen science projects.*
Wildlife Mapping. Virginia Department of Inland Fisheries' outreach and data collection program.
* Chapter members have
contributed hours to these projects
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