On the morning of June 11, a group of volunteers, including a delegation from the Catskill Mountain Chapter of Trout Unlimited, and three Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program staff members from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County and Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District braved the rain to restore a streamside forest in the […]
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Phillies Bridge Farm Summer Camp needs voluntee...
Phillies Bridge Farm Project is looking for junior counselors/camp assistants to help out at our farm based day camp. This opportunity will allow you to gain experience working with children in the outdoors. Must be 14+ and LOVE working with kids! No prior experience is needed. You can volunteer for as little as 4 days […]
John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary seeks volunteer trail-builders in Esop...
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO BUILD NEW TRAILS AT SLABSIDES It’s time to put away your snow shovels, grab your work boots and gloves and head over to the John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary at Slabsides in Esopus. Be part of the corps of volunteers building new trails at our National Historic Landmark. We promise you good clean […]
New Paltz Recycling Center seeks artists, gardeners & mo...
Artists, Organizers, Tradesman lend us your hands! The New Paltz Recycling Center has opened up storage trailers with reusable materials and needs volunteers to organize materials, put up displays, and paint signs. We also need a new look for the “bus” (stenciling and touch up paint) We need Gardeners too. Our beds have been hibernating […]
KINGSTON CLEAN SWEEP NETS TONS OF LITTER AND YARD WAS...
KINGSTON – Two tons of litter, 8.75 tons of yard waste and 20 tires were picked up in three hours by approximately 200 volunteers for the Second Annual Kingston Clean Sweep on Saturday, April 29. Areas covered included Kingston’s main streets from the uptown business district down the Broadway corridor to Rondout, many bordering streets, […]
“Ask a Master Gardener†at Area Farmers’ Marke...
Support area farms and the local economy by shopping the many great farmers’ markets happening weekly around Ulster County. While visiting the farmers’ markets be sure to stop by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s “Ask a Master Gardener†booth. Master Gardener volunteers will be available to answer home gardening questions and perform FREE pH […]