VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
June 6, 2020
UF/IFAS is now allowing volunteer work that occurs outdoors to resume in a limited capacity. Therefore, at the UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station we are hosting our G Street and Airport Road living shoreline volunteer days! Volunteers can expect to mostly help with transplanting marsh plants from donor sites and nursery-grown stock, but other restoration tasks may also be assigned. We have several dates and times available:
For G Street, we have the dates of June 17-19 and June 24-26 with two, three-hour shifts each day, 8:30 AM-11:30 AM and 3:00 PM-6:00 PM. The link for the Facebook event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/611215176408915/ as well as the required signup sheet here: https://volunteersignup.org/FXAFQ
For Airport Road, we have scheduled every Wednesday-Friday for the entire month of July for volunteer days with two, three-hour shifts each day, 8:30 AM-11:30 AM and 3:00 PM-6:00 PM. The link for this Facebook event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1696640333826889/ as well as the required signup sheet here: https://volunteersignup.org/8MP8T
Please note that all volunteer dates and times are tentative and subject to to change due to weather, tides, and material availability. Check Facebook often for updates and we will confirm volunteer shifts at least two days in advance via email.
If interested in volunteering, we are asking that all volunteers read the following safety guidelines and ensure you are prepared to follow these rules at all times during your volunteer activity. We will ask you to confirm your agreement with these guidelines by email in advance of your volunteer shift.1. We are limiting the number of slots so that no more than ten people, including NCBS staff, will be on site at any one time and advance registration/sign-up is REQUIRED.
2. Those who are volunteering MUST:
a. Travel in separate vehicles to the site (unless you live in the same household)
b. Maintain the 6 feet distance asked by the CDC
c. Wear a mask if you are working within 10 feet of other people who are not members of your household
d. Work with your assigned set of gear, and do not share gear or touch other gear not assigned to you unless it is sanitized in between.
3. If at any time it is apparent that a volunteer is not following the protocols outlined here, we reserve the right to excuse that volunteer from the remainder of the shift. These guidelines are in place to protect others as well as ourselves and MUST be respected at all times.
4. All volunteers should be aware of the Governor’s executive order 20-112, section 2, part B “…senior citizens and individuals with a significant underlying medical condition (such as chronic lung disease, moderate-to-severe asthma, serious heart conditions, immunocompromised status, cancer, diabetes, severe obesity, renal failure and liver disease) are strongly encouraged to stay at home and take all measures to limit the risk of exposure to COVID-19.” We ask that you fully consider these guidelines before participating in any of our citizen science projects at this time, and please feel free to let us know you are not available for volunteer activities.
If you have any questions or need more information, please feel free to reach out to Natalie Stephens, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or to Dr. Savanna Barry, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We would be happy to answer any of your questions. We hope you all can join us to take part in Cedar Key’s shoreline restoration!
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