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Friends work party installing base for boardwalk

Volunteers

The Little Pend Oreille NWR welcomes your input as a volunteer. Whether you are interested in interpretation, environmental education, resource management, maintenance, or administration, we can use your help. Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering.

Wanted Refuge Weed Warriors:

Dedicated persons needed to volunteer and to coordinate volunteers interested in identification, prevention, control and eradication of noxious weeds on the Refuge. Personal benefits include: plant ID skills, introduction to National Invasive Plant Species crisis, basic GPS skills, knowledge that can be used anywhere (home, community, Refuge), a space to park a summer RV residence, and an opportunity to make a difference.

Requirements: interpersonal skills, computer skills will be helpful, ability to drive standard/automatic vehicle, comfortable with outdoor physical work on rough and varied terrain (bending knees and hiking) for extended periods of time, commitment of time: May through September.

For more information please contact: Karl Mallory: 509.685.0504; or karl_mallory@fws.gov

Wanted Maintenance Volunteer:

Full RV hook-up in a "gated community" for approx. 32 hours per week of maintenance adventures which will include: Campground clean up and public contact; Leaflet patrol; Roadside clean-up; Lawn mowing and irrigating; "Go-for" jobs to town; Office clean-up and telephone duty.

For more information please contact: Karl Mallory: 509.685.0504; or karl_mallory@fws.gov

The Friends of the Little Pend Oreille NWR helped staff a booth at the local fair-educating the public about the Refuge and seeking members for the Friends group.

Visit the Friends of LPO web site for more information.

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Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge
1310 Bear Creek Road
Colville, Washington 99114
Telephone: (509) 684-8384
FAX: (509) 684-8381