Volunteer in the Preserve!

Join other volunteers to help care for the Lakeshore Nature Preserve at drop-in volunteer events!
​Learn about the natural world, work in a beautiful and beloved landscape, meet new people or visit with old friends, get fresh air and exercise. Activities may include removing invasive plants, planting native plugs, collecting native seed, and maintaining trails.
Visit the Lakeshore Nature Preserve Events Calendar for upcoming dates and locations!

Sunday, September 29, 2024
VOLUNTEER EVENT: Prairie Seed Collecting with the Friends
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Join FLNP for this volunteer event at Biocore Prairie, to learn about prairie ecology, and to collect seeds of grasses and wildflowers, which will be used for ecological restoration at the Preserve! Bring water, wear long pants and closed-toed shoes. You may bring gloves and garden pruners if you have them, but we will have a supply of these to share. Families are welcome. Training on prairie plant ID will be provided, and no experience is necessary. Meet at the Picnic Point entrance kiosk, 2000 University Bay Drive.

Join other volunteers to help care for the Lakeshore NaturePreserve
​Gloves and tools will be provided.

Volunteering is a great way to find out what’s going on in the Preserve. Tools and training provided. Dress to work outdoors, and prepare to meet new people and have fun.  For more information please contact: Bryn Scriver, Preserve Outreach Specialist, [email protected], 608-220-5560. The list above includes all regularly scheduled volunteer days in the Preserve. 

Note: Work parties are cancelled in case of severe weather (snowstorms, thunderstorms, temperatures lower than 10 degrees F or above 90 degrees F) or if the ground is too muddy or snowy for work. 

Glenda Denniston and Roma Lenehan are the Friends and the Preserve's strongest volunteers by far. Photo Arlene Koziol. Their combined effort in the Preserve doing field work as volunteers amounts to more than 1200 hours each year. They have worked in the Preserve for the last 15 years and have been named Preserve Stewards.