Ongoing
Virginia Save Our Streams: Water quality monitoring
Boones Mill Elementary: After School Science Project
Various organism counts: Ferrum Nature Society Winter/Spring Bird Counts; Virginia Society of Ornithology Big Spring Day; Cornell Univ Christmas Bird Count; USGS Putuxent Wildlife Research Center Terrestrial Isopod Survey; VDGIF Wildlife Mapping (snails & crayfish)
Fairystone State Park: trail signage
Smith Mountain Lake State Park: Junior Ranger program
SMLA: invasive aquatic weed program; lake cleanup; water quality monitoring
Booker T. Washington National Monument: Wildflower mapping; Gills Creek Stream Ecosystem assessment
Community Collaborative Rain Hail Snow Network: Providing precipitation data
Friends of Nature: Mentoring program
Completed
Water Wizard Van: Educational activities for 4th graders sponsored by Bedford County Soil and Water Conservation District & Bedford County 4-H
W.E. Skelton 4-H Center at Smith Mountain Lake: Outdoor classroom project; Camp assistant
Ferrum College: Trail Revitalization Project
American Chestnut Foundation: Planting at Thompson’s Tree farm
Staffed BRFAL booths at: SMLA Water Fair; Lake Philpott Environmental Expo
Need Volunteers
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
Smith Mountain Lake Association: stewardship, maintenance, and survey opportunities
Booker T. Washington: Water quality; nature inventories; wildlife monitoring; education; resource protection
Smith Mountain Lake State Park: education; trail assistance; mapping
Fairystone State Park: education; trail assistance; mapping
Friends of Philpott Lake: Various stewardship and educational projects
Department of Environmental Quality: Assisting in presenting stream talks in public schools
W.E. Skelton 4-H Center: educational/outreach and stewardship opportunities
Mill Mountain Discovery Center: Education/outreach including planning/building new exhibits &/or trails and helping to lead educational programs
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
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