NRCS New York Earth Team Volunteers
We could use your help in reducing soil erosion, conserving our water and improving its quality, and
developing pride in our country's natural resource heritage. Your commitment to
the Earth Team will help ensure that generations to come will enjoy America's
bounty.
The Earth Team, the volunteer arm of the USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service, is now recruiting volunteers in more than 3,000
locations across the country. Make a difference in your community by becoming an
Earth Team volunteer.
Anyone 14 years of age or older and interested in conserving our precious
natural resources can join the Earth Team. You can work part-time or full-time,
evenings or weekends, outdoors or in a local NRCS office. You can volunteer as
an individual or as a group.
Meet New York's Featured Earth Team Volunteers
Volunteers with a wide variety of interests and
work experience play an important role in helping us get conservation on the
land. Read about how their generosity has contributed to the NRCS
mission....Helping People Help the Land.
Where Can Earth Team Volunteers Help?
On the Land - with professional conservationists who are working directly
with farmers and ranchers.
In schools - with elementary and high schools, college and university
students. Through camps and classes, you can introduce young people to the
wonders of nature.
With organizations - youth groups, professional societies, or civic
groups. All types of organizations are joining together to sponsor water quality
education campaigns, community beautification, and erosion control projects.
Cooperative Earth Team efforts can help solve many natural resource problems in
your area.
In offices - NRCS or your local Soil and Water
Conservation District (SWCD) may want to use your
talents for clerical assistance, organizing information in a computer, preparing
newsletters, or educating others about natural resources conservation.
What Kinds of Jobs Earth Team Volunteers Do
As an Earth Team volunteer, you will work with professionals on conservation
activities in your community. Whatever your talents or interests, there is a
volunteer opportunity for you. Technical assistance is needed to plan, lay out,
and design conservation practices, to make natural resource inventories, and to
improve wildlife habitat. Schools and community groups benefit from the
conservation tours and exhibits that volunteers can organize. Taking photographs,
writing articles, speaking to community groups and producing artwork and
publications are some of the opportunities available. Office support services
include opportunities in computer data entry, typing, filing, computer
programming, and developing conservation information. There are opportunities for everyone.
Earth Team Volunteer Information and Materials
The following documents require
Adobe Reader.
The Earth Team
- Handbook for Volunteer Supervisors (PDF; 431 KB)
The Earth
Team
- Orientation Guide
(PDF; 472 KB)
Contact Information
Earth Team Coordinator
Patricia Hammer
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Syracuse, New York
Telephone:
315-477-6547
Fax: 315-477-6560
If you encounter any problems with files provided on this page, have questions, suggestions, or find a broken link, please contact Gary Vandawalker
at 315-477-6546.
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