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Volunteer Opportunities.

General Volunteer Information

Volunteers may include students, single persons or groups of people, classes from surrounding schools or organizations, Cub Scout or Girl Scout troops, or any other interested groups. Volunteers are required to sign a waiver of liability. Possible activities include:

Seed collecting:

May be done in spring, summer, or fall.  Fall is usually the best time to help with seed collecting.  Collections may be done at Allwine Prairie Preserve, T.L. Davis Prairie, or a number of other native area prairies.  Please note that collection of seeds or plants at any native prairie site, whether or not managed by the University of Nebraska, is prohibited without permission.

Preserve clean-up:

Allwine Prairie Preserve and T.L. Davis Prairie continually need to be cleaned up!  We can always use your help with clean-up, and it's a great way to see the preserves and get involved.

Tree/brush cutting: 

Tree and brush cutting is a priority at T.L. Davis Prairie, and some areas at Allwine Prairie Preserve also require frequent cutting days.  Volunteers mainly "swamp", or help stack or remove downed trees.   More hands are better than one during tree cutting days.  Gloves are essential, and eye protection is always a good idea.        

Prescribed burning: 

One of the most exciting volunteer opportunities involves prescribed burning.  Burns are conducted every spring, summer and fall at Allwine Prairie Preserve and at the University of Nebraska's Agricultural and Research Development Center in Mead.  Get hands-on experience with prescribed burning, and find out what prairie burns look like.  Refer to Dr. Tom Bragg's Prescribed Burning Home Page to find out how you can become a volunteer.

Become a Volunteer

To receive updates about volunteer work days (other than prescribed burning) via email, please send an email to Alicia Mullarkey, the Preserve Manager, and ask to be put on the ALLWINE VOLUNTEER LIST.

Please note that all volunteers are now required to sign a waiver of liability form before taking part in volunteer activities on university property. Volunteers under age 19 must have a parental release form. Waivers can be viewed here.

 

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