Provide general office support. Tasks include filing, answering phones, and more.
Our events require many hands. Help out by manning booths, selling tickets, assisting with set up/take down, and more.
Sign up to be contacted when we are able to organize group volunteer opportunities, offer training sessions or communicate other ways to get involved in B2B Trail and other local stewardship initiatives.
Individual cleanups are just what they sound like: you, a trash bag, and whatever segment of the B2B means the most to you – or even at home! Use your judgment. Don’t pick up anything that seems unsafe or unsanitary. Wear gloves.
Assist with the operation of the WLAC by joining a committee, volunteering at public events, or assisting in the office.
Stewardship opportunities include: volunteer workdays (plantings, Earth Day, etc.), preserve monitoring, kestrel nest box monitoring and stream monitoring.
Botulism has been identified as a problem for fish and birds in Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Michigan. Remove dead birds and fish immediately, to prevent the spread of botulism, as the bacteria in the carcasses can serve as the source of outbreaks for months. Please review the guidelines on our website for handling carcasses and…
Do streams potentially impact the water quality of the lakes that they flow into? Should they be monitored? We at the Watershed Council think so and have thus, embarked upon a new voyage up into the streams that feed into our pristine lakes, with volunteer crews willing and ready to monitor in unfamiliar, yet ecologically…
Presently, volunteers monitor 35 lakes spread throughout Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, and Montmorency Counties. The objectives of the program are to collect baseline data, characterize lake ecosystems, identify specific water quality problems, determine water quality trends, and, most importantly, inform and educate the public regarding water quality issues and aquatic ecology. Volunteer lake monitors are…
WAVE provides technical and financial support for groups demonstrating the importance of water resource stewardship at the local level. Create a group of friends, family, coworkers, or anyone and focus on your neighborhood river/lake or explore somewhere new. Protect or enhance water quality, water conservation, or habitat and include education.