A small group of dedicated volunteers who help maintain the Offield Family Viewlands Working Forest Reserve for community benefit. Year-round tasks include maintaining trails, flower beds, signs, and structures, helping with habitat restoration projects, and more.
Want to help out in the education department or lead a community field trip? Can you help distribute our publications and maps? Or do you have a particular skill you’d like to share? We’d love to hear more.
Our Thursday volunteer group helps with fieldwork at our properties, from trail clearing and building boardwalks to invasive plant removal. This group really will do anything. Join us if you want to meet new people and laugh a lot!
Want to help your neighborhood and your community look a little nicer? Join us by adopting a nature preserve roadside. It can be a great way to involve the family and teach them about taking care of their community. Add it to your daily walk and contribute to our mission without taking much time from…
These hardworking individuals assist with everything from helping out at events, sending out mailings, walking dogs, fostering sick animals and more!
Taking a hike with our wonderful, knowledgeable docents is a great way to get to know our natural areas. Annually, they lead over 500 people on hikes in all four seasons.
Volunteers assist with various tasks such as sorting clothing, office work, and more. If you are interested in contributing time as a volunteer please contact us.
We appreciate help with staffing the desk during open hours, along with cataloging, filing, and circulation of library materials.
Greet visitors, give directions, answer questions, and provide information about the activities of the KIA.
Docents are trained guides who lead museum tours for children and adults. Candidate docents complete a 9-month training course before joining the docent corps, which is offered every two years. The next docent class will be forming in 2022. Docents sign up to lead 1-2 tours a month, for a total of 18 per year.