Volunteers play a vital and critical role, performing such roles as educational naturalists, teachers for preservation in one's local community, land restorers, trail workers, artists, and behind-the-scenes administrators. 

• Sign up for our E-magazine by writing linkup.adm@highlandssanctuary.org. Watch for e-mails that have a heading beginning with the word: Volunteer that come out every six weeks or so. These emails will list on-going volunteer committees, work forces, and special work projects that you can join.
  In addition to special volunteer projects that will be communicated by email, we have several volunteer groups you can choose to join. Please contact the crew leader that you are interested in for more information:
   
  • Nature Guides - Nature Guides work two days a month in the summer at the Appalachian Forest Museum, Cave Canyon Preserve. This program is led by Tim Pohlar at 937-402-8317 or internships@highlandssanctuary.org 
     
  • Beechcliff Crew -  This group meets one Wednesday each month at Beechcliff to perform light repairs and building maintenance. Led by Debbie Miller at 513-683-6514 or drmiller@fuse.net. 
     
  • Garlic Mustard Pluckers -  This group is a part of an organized work force that works one or more days the last week of April to remove garlic mustard plants from highly vulnerable areas of the Sanctuary. This is a short but intensive annual event! Led by Tim Pohlar at internships@highlandssanctuary.org
     
  • Cave Canyon Restoration Crew -  These people usually work solo or in small groups on weekdays performing physical labor on behalf of this very special nature preserve. The work is primarily outdoors and includes removing non-native vegetation, taking out concrete walkways in the caves, and doing trail work. Led by by Tim Pohlar at 937-402-8317 or internships@highlandssanctuary.org 
     
  • Become a Sanctuary Intern!  -  Please click here.  Led by Tim Pohlar at internships@highlandssanctuary.org
    
     
• Consider attending the next Inside Sanctuary program held at The Highlands -- a day-long free of charge in-depth introduction to the Arc of Appalachia's preserve system in southern Ohio, with emphasis on the largest preserve region -- the Highlands Nature Sanctuary. For upcoming Inside Sanctuary dates, see Calendar of Events.

To read selected volunteer stories, check out Volunteer Magic!
 

Follow the link on the right to read about what you can do to nurture and protect the diversity of life on earth.

Three Things You Can Do on Behalf of All Life