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Volunteer Opportunities

Connecting You to Environmental Volunteer Opportunities!

Ready to start making a difference? Use CEN's easily navigated database to expand your potential. Browse through the list of opportunities below, or use the search form at the bottom of the page.

One-day volunteer opportunities can also be found on the Events Calendar.

Volunteer Opportunity/
Organization
Weekly
Commitment
Indoor/
Outdoor/ Both
Minimum
Age
Volunteers 
Lake Katherine Nature Center & Botanic Gardens 
2 hrs  out 18 
Roving Naturalist 
Volo Bog State Natural Area 
   out 16 
Crane Monitors & Red-Headed Woodpecker Monitors 
Volo Bog State Natural Area 
   out 18 
Prairie & Native Gardeners 
Volo Bog State Natural Area 
   out 18 
Habitat Restoration Days 
McHenry County Conservation District 
   out 14 
Trail Steward 
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie 
   out 21 
Community Science Volunteers 
Forest Preserves of Cook County 
   out 16 
Bunker Hill/Clayton Smith Habitat Restoration 
Friends of the Forest Preserves 
   out 10 
Fundraising 
Shirley Heinze Land Trust 
   out 21 
Stewardship 
Shirley Heinze Land Trust 
   out 16 


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Kenosha, WI
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