The City of Longmont announced on Tuesday that its Parks, Open Space and Trails Volunteer Program released its spring calendar for environmental education events and volunteer opportunities. Included in the spring calendar are opportunities to join the citizen science team to collect data, work in gardens to plant pollinator plants, and help with trail building.
The goal of the City of Longmont's Parks, Open Space, and Trails (POST) Volunteer Program is to offer opportunities for community members to engage in environmental stewardship and community enhancement. “Whether you're interested in planting native species in our natural areas, cleaning up litter along rivers, swinging a tool on our trails in beautiful Button Rock Preserve, or helping maintain our city's public gardens, there are opportunities for everyone,” the program stated. All residents are welcome to volunteer, with no prior experience required.
Events planned this spring include trainings to lead field trips at Sandstone Ranch for elementary school students, a community-wide litter cleanup event, an event focused on weeding the Rogers Grove herbicide-free pollinator garden, and more. Volunteer event opportunities posted thus far are available from March 18 until the end of May. Volunteers should sign up online for the events they wish to participate in beforehand.
Programs that provide ongoing volunteer opportunities beyond this spring are also available to sign up for on POST’s GivePulse website. For example, the Rose Gardeners program allows for volunteers to assist in maintaining the Memorial Rose Garden at Roosevelt Park by enhancing plant health and garden aesthetics from April through October, and the Citizen Scientists program allows for participants to regularly walk a designated trail section at Rogers Grove Nature Area to collect species phenology data, contributing to nationwide environmental monitoring. Residents can enroll in the programs online.
