Volunteer Opportunities
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EARTH DAY FORT WAYNE
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Eagle Marsh Barn, 6801 Engle Rd, Fort Wayne, IN
Earth Day Fort Wayne 2025 is an amazing community event because of the volunteers that make it possible. Earth Day will be on Sunday, April 27th, from 1 to 5 p.m., but there are volunteer opportunities from 10am - 7:00pm! This community event will feature many conservation-oriented activities, presentations, educational stations, booths for the local organizations contributing to environmental conservation in the area, and food trucks. There will be many roles you can help fill to make this day a success
To volunteer: https://signup.com/go/XYUiaik
VOLUNBEERING
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 from 6 pm - 8 pm
Hop River Brewing Co. 1515 N Harrison Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46808
Join us, and other volunteers in the community, at Hop River Brewing Company (1515 N Harrison Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46808) for an evening of stewardship and volunteering! This is a great way to support us at Little River Wetlands Project and a local brewery. This is an all ages venue, so children are welcome. If you don't enjoy beer, that's okay, they have plenty of good food and non-alcoholic beverages too.
RSVP: https://www.lrwp.org/event-details-registration/volunbeering-2025-05-07-18-00
Stewardship Wednesdays: Invasive Species Removal
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Eagle Marsh East - 5013 Engle Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804.
Meet at Eagle Marsh East, 5013 Engle Rd Join us to learn why and how to identify invasive bush honeysuckle, privet, and buckthorn species (or garlic mustard, depending on status of plants), then hike with us to remove as many of these as we can! Removing invasive species is crucial to preserving biodiversity, and we can't do it without you. Come make an impact in your community!
Please dress for the weather and be prepared to get dirty! We will provide instruction, hand tools and gloves.
RSVP: https://www.lrwp.org/event-details-registration/stewardship-wednesdays-invasive-species-removal
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Eagle Marsh East - 5013 Engle Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804.
RSVP: https://www.lrwp.org/event-details-registration/stewardship-wednesdays-invasive-species-removal-2
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Eagle Marsh East - 5013 Engle Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804.
RSVP: https://www.lrwp.org/event-details-registration/stewardship-wednesdays-invasive-species-removal-3
Batbox Monitoring Training
Friday, May 9, 2025, from 4 - 5 pm
Virtual Event
Join us for a brief training focused on bat conservation and how you can support our monitoring efforts. We’ll cover the importance of protecting bat habitats, walk through the simple online process for reviewing and verifying bat box photos, and, if possible, assign monitoring roles for the season. Join us on Zoom at 4 pm on Friday, May 9th for this fang-tastic opportunity!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87832920692?pwd=gkHDhSVRtVo4re7JSThAvM0axQ8Z4O.1
Turtle Trapping Survey
May 19-23 & 26-30, 2025, from 8-11 am, 12-2 pm
Eagle Marsh Barn - 6801 Engle Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Get ready for two weeks of hands-on turtle research at Eagle Marsh! 🐢 Volunteers will work alongside Purdue Fort Wayne students to trap, identify, and collect various data on our local turtles. This is a unique chance to contribute to real conservation efforts while gaining field experience. We'll meet in the mornings (and some afternoons) in the last two weeks of May to conduct these studies - we'll provide a Signup link in April where you can sign up for the shifts that work best for you!
RSVP: https://www.lrwp.org/event-details-registration/turtle-trapping-survey-2025-05-19-08-00
VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION
May 8, 2025, 6 - 7 pm
LRWP Office, 8315 W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Come learn about what volunteer opportunities LRWP has to offer! Led by our Preserve and Volunteer Steward, Charles Sifferlen, who will share his experience and introduce you to the various volunteer roles at LRWP. We'll be hosting at our office at 8315 W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804. Please complete an online volunteer application at https://www.lrwp.org/volunteerapplication prior to attending.