Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteering with the Friends of Prime Hook NWR is a fun and rewarding opportunity to acquire new knowledge about wildlife and habitats. Volunteer opportunities are varied and are excellent ways to offer your time and talents.

Not sure what you could offer the refuge as a volunteer? Volunteers donated over 5400 hours to the refuge last year. Here's an idea of what they did:

-Staffing the Visitor Center The Friends' Store at Prime Hook and visitors center on weekdays and weekends. Conducting and/or assisting with refuge tours and interpretive programs. Share knowledge about the refuge and wildlife with visitors and local school groups./

-Yard work around the headquarters' area.

-Assisting with surveys including horseshoe crab surveys, wildlife census and monitoring of the Delmarva Fox Squirrel.

-Measuring and recording refuge water levels in various units.

-Assisting biological staff with gathering and testing samples.

-Assisting with organizing annual festivals and special events.

-Staffing information booths at local festivals and events.

-Constructing, cleaning and repairing wood duck and bluebird nesting boxes.

-Office assistance including entering data into the refuge computer system.

-Trail maintenance.

-Building structures such as the observation platform and the photo blind.

-Designing and constructing educational displays.

-Constructing or repairing duck blinds and constructing or repairing deer stands.

-Planning and presenting education programs for local schools.

-Having fun all the while!