VOLUNTEERING AT TAMPA BAY WATCH

 

Volunteers are the lifeblood of Tampa Bay Watch! They accomplish restoration and protection activities we could never afford hired staff to complete. Youth and adult volunteers are involved each year in a variety of hands-on habitat restoration projects such as oyster dome construction, oyster shell bar installation, salt marsh plantings and coastal cleanups to help the bay recover from its devastating environmental problems. Volunteers of all ages participate in our projects. Our coastal cleanups and salt marsh plantings are family-friendly and open to all ages. If you would like to be kept informed of our numerous volunteer opportunities, complete our online registration so you will receive our weekly email message which advertises our upcoming environmental restoration projects.

 

Contact Rachel Arndt, communications coordinator, with questions about any of these upcoming events! Call 727-867-8166, extension 233, or Click here to Email Rachel.

 

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Be the Change, Sea the Change - Coastal Cleanup

July 2019

 

This summer’s event is a DIY “Do it yourself” Coastal Cleanup! We want to encourage YOU to hit those places in YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD where you’ve noticed sadly forgotten or misplaced trash. We welcome everyone in the Tampa Bay region to participate. Please help spread the word by inviting your friends and family to join!

 

How will we know when and where you clean up? Your cleanup efforts can take place on any day within the month of July. On June 30, we will send all registered volunteers a link. This link will open a survey created by Tampa Bay Watch on any smartphone or tablet device. You and your group will fill out the short survey during your cleanup, click submit, and the data will be sent directly to Tampa Bay Watch.

 

A big thank you to our funders, SeaWorld Busch Gardens Conservation Fund for their continued support and for making this cleanup month possible!

 

Click here to register for the cleanup!

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Summer Volunteer Opportunity

for High School Students

Friday mornings

9 - Noon

 

Tampa Bay Watch has an opportunity for high school students (minimum age of 15 years old) to volunteer over the summer. The program will take place on Fridays from June 14 through August 9 (There will not be a session on July 5) at our facility in Tierra Verde. Usually there is a group of ten students, and one of our staff will lead an environmental project such as cleaning fishing line, cleaning a shoreline, or planting marsh grasses.

At this time, this program is full.

Contact Rachel Arndt with questions about this program.