Volunteer job listings at Maine Audubon. Click on the links below to read the full descriptions as a PDF.
Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, Falmouth
Volunteers needed for Loon Raft Building
The Maine Loon Restoration Project wants you! Friday March 29 from 1-5 pm Maine Audubon is hosting a volunteer work day at Gilsland Farm to help our loon team get ready for the busy season ahead! The goal of the loon rafts is to increase the number of loon chicks hatched. The rafts are installed and monitored in territories with low nesting success.
We’ll need approximately 30 volunteers to help with a variety of tasks:
Building loon nesting rafts
Building and vegetating planting boxes
Heavy lifting (unloading kayaks, washing floats, moving equipment, applying UV protectant to boats, anchor line construction, etc.), potentially lifting up to 50 lbs.
Doing other odd jobs (prepping field materials and literature assembly)
Training will be provided and no special skills are required, although skills using hand tools are useful for those working on nesting rafts. Please bring any tools like drills, drill bits, and work gloves and make sure to wear appropriate clothing for the weather and the task. You’ll be getting dirty!
This is a great project for adults, corporate groups, and families with middle school age or older children!
Check out these links to learn more about Maine Audubon’s Loon Restoration Project. Also check out our Raft Video and Common Loon Nesting Rafts guide for more details about loon nesting platforms and when they are appropriate as a conservation tool to help increase loon reproductive success.
To register please contact Jill Valley-Orlando, jvorlando@maineaudubon.org or call 207-781-2330.
*Children under 18 will need to be accompanied by a guardian”
Rain date Monday, April 1, 2024.*
Property Care Assistants Needed
Are you in search of a hands-on opportunity in conservation? Join others in the Maine Audubon community as part of our Gilsland Farm Stewardship Team. The primary objective of this volunteer group is to manage invasive species, and to further assist our properties department in achieving landscape and facility goals around our sanctuary site in Falmouth.
This group meets each week on Friday afternoons, though we are happy to support all levels of participation. If you are interested in joining or have any questions, please contact: properties@mainaudubon.org.
Native Plant Care Assistants (Upcoming in Spring/Summer 2024)
Do you love plants and the great outdoors? We are looking for volunteers at Gilsland Farm to help us with our native plant sale preparation and beyond!
Shifts are generally 2- 4 hours in length and take place sometime between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. We need people 7 days a week and are generally flexible, but we ask that once you commit to the shift that you do make every effort to fulfill that agreed upon schedule.
Spring 2024 TBD
- Watering
- Weeding
- Special Projects
- Invasive Species Eradication
- Native Habitat Re-Wilding
If you are interested, please contact Andrew Tufts to apply. atufts@maineaudubon.org
Visitor Center Volunteer
Visitor Services Volunteers welcome all visitors to Gilsland Farm Visitor Center and help them find what they’re looking for. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet people and share interests in nature.
Fields Pond Audubon Center, Holden
The main activity of the Educational Guide is to help assist with educational programs for families and youth at the Fields Pond Audubon Center. The EG needs an appreciation for the natural world, and a desire to share this enthusiasm with people of all ages. This position requires public speaking and positive group management skills.
Visitor Services (VS) volunteers help broaden the public’s knowledge, appreciation, and enjoyment of Fields Pond Audubon Center. As a principal contact person for information about Fields Pond, VS volunteers greet visitors at the Center’s reception desk, respond to phone inquiries, process sales in the Nature Store, help maintain outdoor bird feeding stations, and assist with staff projects. This position requires attention to detail and a friendly, easy-going manner.
Maine Audubon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other aspect of identity protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.