Do you like getting your hands dirty, expanding on your seed identification skills, and supporting reforestation efforts? Register to volunteer at Tree Corps! The Tree Corps volunteer opportunity engages volunteers in growing plants critical for maintaining your MetroParks, from seed to seedling. Volunteers conduct Tree Corps at the Barbara Cox Center for Sustainable Horticulture at Cox Arboretum MetroPark.
Impact
Healthy forests are critical to a healthy environment. However, Ohio’s tree population has declined due to climate change, invasive species such as the emerald ash borer, and aggressive honeysuckle growth. Our Volunteers help protect the Dayton region’s natural heritage and preserve our forests by volunteering for Five Rivers MetroParks’ reforestation efforts at Tree Corps.
Tasks
- Volunteer support is needed to clean, sort, and check the viability of a variety of native tree and shrub seeds. Volunteers will help to break the dormancy of the seeds through a process of stratification that mimics the natural conditions seeds would experience in the wild. They will work in the greenhouse to plant and germinate seeds. They will care for small seedlings through up potting until they are big enough to plant throughout MetroParks.
Additional Notes
- This is a Long-Term Volunteer Opportunity. Learn more about our types of service here.
- This opportunity is for ages 14 and older. Volunteers ages 14-17 must first be approved by a Volunteer Coordinator to Respond to this opportunity. Contact volunteer.services@metroparks.org to request approval.
- Environment & Physical Demands: standing and lifting are involved. Dusty and dirty work environment.
- MASKS ARE REQUIRED INDOORS. Please review Five Rivers MetroParks latest COVID-19 Updates.
