Want to learn new skills? Nature Groupie is an ideal source for volunteers and pros to learn new stewardship and citizen science skills. Check out in-person workshops, downloadable resources, and stories about past trainings here!
Free online training guides make it easy for anyone to organize a volunteer training workshop, learn best practices or simply brush up on their skills.
A small frog springs forward in front of my foot as we wrestle with a large, bright-orange “weed wrench,” a metal tool that helps pull invasive shrubs out of the ground.
A UNH class project on Lake Chocorua in 1978 launched one of the most successful and long-lasting volunteer environmental monitoring programs in the country: the NH Lakes Lay Monitoring Program (LLMP). Every summer hundreds of lake monitors collect water samples from lakes across New Hampshire, helping to ensure our lakes are healthy.
In New Hampshire, over a hundred and fifty trained volunteers are delivering wildlife presentations and leading nature walks in their communities as part of the Speaking for Wildlife Program, based at UNH Cooperative Extension. Learn how you can request a walk or talk in your community today.