If your scout group or other civic group needs a one-time mini conservation project, please contact the nature center manager to discuss options and coordinate with your group. (717-428-1961 x3) Use this opportunity to register and record your volunteer hours. Each participant must provide a completed waiver to the York County Parks before your project date.
Some possible activities may include:
- Cleaning interpretive signs in the park (use a kitchen sponge and water)
- Hammering in tree cage and tube stakes to make wobbly stakes more stable.
- Cleaning and fixing loose screws on the ABC Trail signs.
- Cleaning gently the Story Trail signs. (soft cloth and water)
- Picking up litter in the nature center's 4 parking lots.
- Pulling out old staples on two park kiosks (Hollowcreek Greenway and Wetland Parking Lots - need a flathead screw driver and trash bag)
- Participate in Citizen Science by bird-watching or identifying plants or animals and submitting your sightings to iNaturalist or ebird.
- Check the nature play area/exploration forest for safety concerns and report back to park staff.
- Check the nature play area/exploration forest for litter and lost and found.
