Put your
skills and interests to use
volunteering for the Portage Park District!
It’s
interesting, rewarding and will really help to improve
our park system.
Opportunities are available for individuals and groups, and some jobs
may meet
scouting, community service or internship requirements. Please contact
the Park
District for more information.
Nature
Stewardship and Monitoring
Managing
our natural resources includes inventorying existing
conditions and
monitoring changes in animal and plant communities. Stewardship may
include
removal of alien invasive species and habitat creation and improvement.
Environmental Education
Program
Assistant
Education is the essential foundation of environmental protection. We
provide a
variety of programs for individuals and groups of all ages in parks, in
schools
and at special events. Programs include hikes, hands-on activities and
our Bio
Bus programs at local fairs.
Special
Events
The
Park District participates in as many community events and
festivals as
possible. We need help in staffing the booth, talking to people and
handing out
literature, and even wearing a mascot costume! This is a fun, easy way
to get
involved with the Park District and the local community.
Event
Committee members
This
year
the Portage Park District is presenting the Heritage
Tours, a series of tours and events which celebrate
Portage Counties’ natural and cultural heritage. We are in
need of volunteers
to coordinate the details for some of these events, including the
Duathalon
Race and the Musical Heritage Fest.
Maintenance/Construction
Our
parks and trails need regular upkeep including trail trimming,
litter
removal, facility repairs and improvements, occasional demolition, and
miscellaneous construction such as benches, information boards and
fences.
Office
Maybe
you’d like to help write a newsletter, send out
correspondence, organize
files, do research or manage a database. Let us know if you have
organizational
and computer skills—we’ll put you to work!
Frog
and Toad Monitoring
– Frog and toad populations over the world have been in
serious decline, and critical data needs to be collected for scientists
to
make some sense of why these amphibians are disappearing. Portage Park
District has been monitoring species occurrences of frogs and toads on
park property for two years, and sending the data to Frogwatch
USA, a national database sponsored by the
National Wildlife Federation. Data are collected by Volunteers on a
weekly basis
through the frog and toad breeding season. A relatively simple
monitoring
scheme is used, based on learning the different species calls and
listening for them at predetermined locations at dusk in our parks. We
currently have sites that need volunteers for the 2008 breeding season.
Vernal
Pool Monitoring
– Vernal pools are critical habitat for a number of
amphibians and aquatic invertebrates but little is known about how many
occur in Ohio. These seasonally wet pools may be found in woods,
meadows, and floodplains and are considered unregulated wetlands in
this state. Information needs to be collected and compiled to create a
case for protecting theses wetlands here in Ohio. The
Ohio Environmental Council is sponsoring this challenge with
a Vernal Pool Monitoring Program that PPD has been involved in for two
years, but we are in need of Volunteers who can dedicate themselves to
the seasonal task. More challenging than the Frogwatch program, one
will have to learn to identify many different species of insects and
amphibians, and get their feet wet! Sites are in need of Volunteers for
the 2008 season.
 
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Prospect St. Ravenna,
Ohio 44266
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