Join our Black Hills Audubon flock and help build a place where people and wildlife flourish. BHAS is an all-volunteer organization and volunteers are essential for achieving our mission and inspiring people to protect the natural world.
Whether you’re volunteering to install/maintain bird nesting boxes, submitting comments to urge local leaders to stand up for the environment, building a backyard habitat for native birds and pollinators, or assisting in classroom education events, you are a vital part of our community.
Please explore how you can get involved and let us know what appeals to you.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES November 2024
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Our chapter work is done completely by volunteers. You can join this hard-working, fun, committed group in any of a myriad of ways. We need nest boxes built, help with upcoming events and assisting with our communications committee. Contact Deb Nickerson at debranick@nullgmail.com to learn more.
PERU: Manu Biolodge Bird Volunteer Program
The Manu Biolodge Bird Volunteer Program is your chance to contribute to avian conservation while living in one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. Nestled within a 3,000+ hectare property in the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Manu Biological Station & Biolodge is dedicated to discovering, understanding and protecting the spectacular ecosystems that stretch from the mystical cloud forests of the Andes to the pristine lowland jungles of the Amazon. With 660 species of bird recorded at the station, Manu Biolodge is a birder’s paradise, and the bird volunteer program has been designed to provide a range of unique experiential
BHAS Needs You!
Our vital and effective organization needs new folks to step up and make a positive difference for our birds and our environment. We have a strong contingent of volunteers, a solid financial base, and very effective committees including Conservation, Education, and Avian Science. If you see the importance of acting locally to effect change in the world and understand the importance of building on our organizational strengths, we would love to talk with you about your future role with us. We are especially in need of people willing to become leaders on our Board of Directors. Contact President Kim Adelson
SPOTLIGHT ON THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Our monthly speaker program is the most widely enjoyed activity of Black Hills Audubon. We average between 40 and 100 people per program and were able to continue through the pandemic with the use of Zoom. Zoom has been a game changer. We are now able to access speakers and audiences throughout the world. We actually had someone attend from Scotland! As much as we love the wider net that Zoom enables, we miss the interaction that happens when we meet in person. This summer, the Program Committee will investigate a hybrid meeting model. We envision setting up refreshments, chairs,
Tabling at District Native Plant Sale
BHAS Tabling Events Slowly, outreach for Black Hills Audubon is starting to ramp up. Our volunteers manned a table at the Thurston County Conservation District Native Plant Sale at the county fairgrounds on March 4th. We were very thankful when the vendors were given an indoor area to set up because the weather was basically atrocious. We had lots of activities at the table and made contact with folks who are already committed to using native plants in their yards. We are looking forward to another tabling event in Tenino on April 22 for Earth Day. If you are interested