Volunteer

**Volunteer Birders Wanted**

Dates: Around the second week of May.

Pea Ridge National Military Park and the Heartland Network Inventory and Monitoring Program of the National Park Service are seeking the assistance of volunteer birders to augment an ongoing region-wide bird monitoring program. Volunteer birders will apply standard monitoring techniques to determine the annual distribution and abundance of breeding birds in the park. Volunteers will work closely with the park's Natural Resource Staff and the Heartland Networks project supervisor in this bird monitoring effort.

For questions about the bird monitoring volunteer opportunity, please contact Nolan Moore at [phone] ext 1225.

Volunteer Opportunities at Pea Ridge

Volunteering is an American tradition that has made an immeasurable contribution to communities, organizations, and individuals,s throughout the country over the years. A recent poll found that over one-third of the American public has been or is now a volunteer. Over half of those presently involved in volunteer work are also employed in full or part-time jobs. Today's volunteers are active, dynamic, creative individuals of all ages who possess the skills, desire, patience, and time to accomplish various tasks.

More than 85,000 volunteers donate more than 3,000,000 hours of service in the US national parks each year. There are no limits placed upon the amount of time a volunteer gives. You may give as much or as little as you wish. Some volunteer one or two days a month, while others work nearly full-time. Volunteers are needed year-round, and training is provided. No experience is necessary - only a desire to help preserve and protect America's natural and cultural heritage for the enjoyment of this and future generations.

The National Park Service Volunteers In Parks Program (VIP) was authorized by Public Law 91-357, enacted 1970. The primary purpose of the VIP program is to provide a vehicle through which the National Park Service can accept and utilize voluntary help and services from the public. The program's major objective is to utilize this voluntary help in a mutually beneficial way to the National Park Service and the Volunteer.