Supporters across North Carolina are invited to participate in one of the following TogetherGreen volunteer projects happening across our state. These opportunities are part of over 200 TogetherGreen volunteer events occurring in dozens of cities across the country over the next year. Audubon and Toyota launched the TogetherGreen initiative in 2008 to help community-based organizations significantly expand their volunteer base and to foster diverse environmental leadership and fund innovative conservation ideas.
Local residents are invited to be a part of this community effort to conserve North Carolina's natural resources and create healthy spaces for area wildlife and people.
We want your photos, videos and stories from these events! Post them to the Audubon NC Facebook page.
Find volunteer opportunities in your area: Piedmont or the Mountains.
PIEDMONT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Bird Window Collisions. Photo by Kenneth Herdy
Lights Out Bird Monitoring - Monitor city buildings for injured birds and collision victims Collisions with glass windows kill an estimated 100 million to 1 billion birds every year in the United States. You can help document the problem and rescue injured birds, some of which are merely stunned and need a safe place to rest for a few hours. You will be paired with an experienced volunteer and will do an early-morning 45- to 60-minute survey on foot.
Greensboro
- When: Sept. 24-Nov.4
- Contact: Randall - rdhayes@ncat.edu
Downtown Winston-Salem
- When: Through Nov. 30
- Contact: Kim - lightsout@forsythaudubon.org
Uptown Charlotte
- When: Through Nov. 30
- Contact: Jill - jpalmer53@earthlink.net
Photo Courtesy of NC State Parks and Recreation.
Eno River Birding Festival - Assist the Eno River State Park and New Hope Audubon Society with kids activities, bird walks, information booth. Great fun for the whole family!
- Where: Eno River State Park near Durham, NC
- When: Saturday, September 29 from 7 am-12 noon
- Contact: Tom - spttdrdshnk@yahoo.com
- More information
Photo Courtesy of NC State Parks.
New Hope Audubon Wildlife Observation Platform & Trail Improvements - Volunteers will help clean-up and perform trail maintenance. The New Hope Audubon chapter is also looking for a volunteer to create trail signage.
- Where: Jordan Lake near Apex, NC
- When: Dates vary
- Contact: Norm - newhopeaudubon@gmail.com
MOUNTAIN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Grandfather Mountain Hawk Watch - After a brief training,volunteers conduct daily monitoring of hawk migration on their own time at this new site on Grandfather Mountain.
- When: After training, times are flexible
- Where: Grandfather Mountain IBA near Linville, NC
- Contact: Jesse - naturalist@grandfather.com
- See on-line data - http://www.hawkcount.org/
Pilot Mountain State Park Hawk Watch - After a brief training,volunteers conduct daily monitoring of hawk migration on their own time.
- When: September
- Contact: Phil - pdickins@triad.rr.com
- More details on the Forsyth Audubon's website - http://www.forsythaudubon.org/Activities/HawkWatch.aspx
- See on-line data - http://www.hawkcount.org/
Wildlife & Native Plant Species Monitoring - Assist Audubon NC staff with two long term monitoring projects. One a native warm season conversion and grassland project on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the other an all taxa survey of newly acquired state park lands at Elk Knob State Park.
- When: Training dates will be announced soon
- Where: Blue Ridge Parkway & Elk Knob State Park near Boone, NC
- Contact: Curtis - csmalling@audubon.org
