Get Involved: Parks and Recreation

Flower bed champs adopt the flower bed(s) at a park site and work in this site from April to October.

To apply, fill out an application (on the right) for the task you would most like to do. Be sure to identify the location you prefer in your application.

You can click the text “View Flower Bed Champ Listing” (below) to learn more about the areas we are recruiting or click “Yikes! I don’t see my Park” to indicate your preferred location, if it doesn’t appear.

Flower Bed champs should expect to volunteer 1 hour or more per week from April to October.

Litter Champs adopt a site to pick up trash in our parks from April to October.

To apply, fill out an application (on the right) for the task you would most like to do. Be sure to identify the location you prefer in your application.

You can click the text “View Litter Champ Listing” (below) to learn more about the areas we are recruiting or click “Yikes! I don’t see my Park” to indicate your preferred location, if it doesn’t appear.

Litter Champs will help pick up trash for 1 hour or more per week from April to October.

Park Champs help monitor, weed, and pick up litter in a park you love. 

To apply, fill out an application (on the right) for the task you would most like to do. Be sure to identify the location you prefer in your application.

You can click the text “View Park Champ Listing” (below) to learn more about the areas we are recruiting or click “Yikes! I don’t see my Park” to indicate your preferred location, if it doesn’t appear.

Park Champs should expect to work 1 to 3 hours a week at the park throughout April to October.

Prairie Dog Monitors observe and record Prairie Dog numbers in a specified location North of the Boulder Reservoir for 3 hours during each monitoring shift. These counts have been kept for over 10 years and help inform projects and management of the Boulder Reservoir. Volunteer must have experience using binoculars. Wildlife monitoring experience is highly recommended. 

All new volunteers are required to attend all three counts in June for training and to ensure data consistency.

Shift dates and times

June 15-17 from 5:45 to 9:30 AM

July 13-15 from 6:00 to 9:30 AM

August 17-19 from 6:15 to 9:30 AM 

Natural Lands Outreach Volunteers welcome and educate the users along the North Shore of the Boulder Reservoir and Coot lake about: 1) Aquatic Nuisance Species, 2) area-specific rules (i.e., no swimming, no launching watercraft), and 3) wildlife closures to protect nesting bird species of concern. While staffing the table and patrolling, volunteers will collect data on visitor patterns, volume, and behavior. When volunteers observe rule violations, they will contact staff that can provide further education when appropriate. Please note, volunteers will not provide any type of enforcement, as this position will focus on monitoring and education only.  

To apply, fill out the "Natural Lands Outreach Volunteer Application" to the right! 

Volunteers are required to take 3 virtual trainings via CMIB and volunteer for a minimum of two 2 hour shifts per month.