Volunteers for Conservation
Whether it is planting trees or wildflowers, monitoring trails or local streams, establishing a shoreline buffer or helping children learn more about the outdoors, Lower Trent Conservation has a project for anyone wishing to give nature a helping hand.
Through the Volunteers for Conservation Program, we work with many volunteers throughout the year to help restore and enhance the watershed. Whether you are interested in gaining work experience, working for a cause, improving the quality of community life, making new friends, or seeking new skills, the Volunteers for Conservation Program gives people interested in the local environment an opportunity to get involved.
Some very exciting volunteer opportunities exist with Lower Trent Conservation including the Quinte Children’s Water Festival, Check your Watershed Day and the Goodrich-Loomis Nature Camp. There are also habitat restoration projects periodically planned on our Conservation Lands which may involve planting native trees, wildlife shrubs, grasses or wildflowers.
Want to get involved and give nature a helping hand?
Quinte Children’s Water Festival
The Quinte Children’s Water Festival helps shape children’s attitudes about respecting and conserving valuable water resources so they can ensure a reliable water supply for the future. About 40 volunteers are needed each day to staff the activity centres. Volunteers will help with running activities, directing groups through the site, and helping staff keep the grounds safe and tidy.
The Festival has 30 hands-on activities that will challenge students to consider the importance of water to themselves as individuals, and to society. The activities follow five themes: Water Conservation, Water Protection, Water Science, Water Technology and Changing Attitudes.
A minimum one-day commitment is necessary, from 8 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. that day. If you would like to volunteer for more than just one day, please do! We need help the day before as well to set up.
The Quinte Children's Water Festival needs many volunteers to help deliver this exciting educational event. Both high school students and adult volunteers are needed. If you have any questions or want to know more about the Quinte Children’s Water Festival Click Here.
Conservation Lands
Lower Trent Conservation is dedicated to improving the quality of the natural environment. Many times this includes planting native species or removing invasive species. Volunteers are needed to assist with planting often large quantity of plants on its Conservation Lands throughout the spring, summer and fall.
Our Conservation Lands form part of a regional system of protected landscapes that depict the natural diversity of our watershed region. Occasionally we undertake special restoration projects to restore or enhance the natural features on these properties. Many times this includes planting native species or removing invasive species. If you have a green thumb, or just interested in getting outdoors, contact us to find out more about upcoming projects.