Florida, USA – Tampa Bay Watch

They coordinate environmental restoration projects throughout Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Manatee Counties. Tampa Bay Watch is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the protection and restoration of the Tampa Bay estuary through scientific and educational programs. There are volunteer opportunities for all ages to participate in a variety of hands-on habitat restoration projects such as oyster dome construction, oyster shell bar installation, native plantings, and coastal cleanups to help Tampa Bay recover from its devastating environmental problems.

Some of the duties included in volunteering are as follows:

– Tampa Bay Watch regularly seeks volunteers to represent their organisation at community events, corporate fairs, and concerts with a goal to increase awareness of their mission. As an outreach volunteer, you’ll talk to people who approach their display to learn all about the organisation and encourage them to sign up to receive the Tampa Bay Watch weekly Enewsletter. They’ll provide you with their display and handouts to effectively discuss programmes. Volunteers are responsible for transporting the display and materials to and from Tampa Bay Watch.

The Estuary EDventures Education Internship provides valuable environmental education, field ecology, and aquarium husbandry experience:

– Teach students of various ages in formal and informal settings

– Assist the education team in the daily and weekly set-up, clean up, and facilitation of each programme

– Perform various in-field activities such as trawling, seining, and kayaking

– Collect and identify species of the bay

– Perform a variety of aquarium husbandry tasks

– Design and implement education programmes and materials with the assistance of supervisor

– Facilitate at least one scheduled programme

– Other duties as assigned