BLM Volunteers
Volunteering Is Fun!
The Idaho BLM relies on volunteers to help accomplish important work on our public lands. In 2007, over 1000 volunteers contributed to approximately 47,500 hours helping Idaho BLM valued at $926,725.
Volunteer to Harvest Sagebrush Seeds!
On Saturday, December 5, 2009, staff from the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA and the Snake River Raptor Volunteers (Our Friends group) will be on location to pick and gather sagebrush seed. This is a good seed year, so hopes are high to gather a good quantity of seed. Other volunteers are currently being recruited for this one-day effort. (Contact: Barb Forderhase, 208-384-3485)
2009 National Public Lands Day!
2009 Public Lands Day was a success. Click here for more information.
Volunteers help plant brush after a wildfire |
Idaho BLM uses volunteers in many capacities and with a wide range of skills and interests. You can work individually, or as part of a group, and projects can be one-day commitments or short and long-term adventures.
Volunteers help plant trees |
National Public Lands Day
Each year BLM Idaho participates in National Public Lands Day, the largest hands-on volunteer event in the nation. In 2008 BLM field offices hosted seven events throughout the state to improve public lands near Idaho communities. BLM staff and willing partners picked up litter at St. Anthony Sand Dunes, installed signs at a new campground on the South Fork of the Snake River, repaired trail fencing and signs for a recreation site near Wallace and Challis, and created water catchment basins and fencing to improve wildlife habitat in southern Idaho. To thank them for hard work, volunteers received a free National Public Lands Day t-shirt and “fee-free” coupons good thoughout the next year for admittance to sites managed by the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, BLM, and the Army Corps of Engineers.
Boise District Partners on Clean-up Effort Aimed at Creating Future Regional Park
Globally important bird area hosts over 130 different species of nesting and migrating birds
Boise BLM will participate in a fourth clean-up effort on Saturday, September 12, at Blacks Creek Reservoir. The area, a mixture of public and private land located close to Boise, has been designated as a globally important bird area, but in recent years has become a local dumping ground for trash and other debris. Boise BLM volunteers will clean the area in order to restore quality bird and other wildlife habitat and to provide enjoyable wildlife-viewing.
Volunteers cleaning up Blacks Creek Reservoir
