Sign-ups for Outdoor Project Work Days at GLC Preserves: June & July

[Glacial Lakes Conservancy]

Time to get outdoors, yes? Dust off those garden gloves? Help get a project done in a few hours?

Here are some upcoming volunteer opportunities to get outside!

June 1st: GLC's Grasshopper Hill Preserve, Elkhart Lake

When: Saturday, June 1, 9:00 am to Noon

What: Three hours of general clean-up, GPS trail work, staking 2 research areas, plant inventory work, treating invasive plants, monitoring boundaries.

Who: Volunteers 16 years and older for invasive work

Needed: Chainsaw & safety equipment and operator

GLC Land Team Leader: Sarah Majerus

R.S.V.P. to Vickie Hall at 920-273-1143 or by email

June 8th: GLC's Spring West Twin River Preserve, Two Rivers

When: Saturday, June 1, 9:00 am to Noon

What: Three hours of general clean-up, plant inventory work, treating invasive plants, monitoring boundaries

Who: Volunteers 16 years and older for invasive work

GLC Land Team Leader: Tony Smith

R.S.V.P. to Vickie Hall at 920-273-1143 or by email

June 29th: GLC's Christel Woods & Wetlands Preserve, Valders

When: Saturday, June 29, 9:00 am to Noon

What: Three hours of general clean-up, treating invasive plants (reed canary grass), plant inventory work, monitoring boundaries

Who: Volunteers 16 years and older for invasive work

GLC Land Team Leaders: Shirley Griffin

R.S.V.P. to Vickie Hall at 920-273-1143 or by email

July 8th: Manitowoc County's Point Creek Natural Area, Town of Centerville

When: Monday, July 8, 9:00 am to Noon (perhaps longer)

Rain Date: Tuesday, July 9th, 9:00 am to Noon

What: Plant inventory work along the Lake Michigan shoreline and along Point Creek, general clean-up, treating invasive plants

Needed: Chainsaw with proper safety equipment and operator, volunteer naturalists to help conduct site reports.

PCNA Management Committee Project Leaders: Bob Howe and Josh Martinez, UW-Green Bay

R.S.V.P. to Vickie Hall at 920-273-1143 or by email

For all Work Project Days -- Please dress appropriately for outdoor garden work, changing weather conditions, and please bring gloves too. You might want to bring a snack and water too. We will have tools and supplies. And please register in advance so that we can be prepared and expect to see you. 

Thank you!

Vickie Hall

Glacial Lakes Conservancy