Audubon Community Nature Center is looking for volunteers to help with all kinds of maintenance tasks for the buildings and grounds of the 570-acre sanctuary.

The Audubon Community Nature Center is looking for volunteers to help with buildings and grounds tasks.

Terris Monroe, Audubon buildings and grounds manager, is looking for volunteers who would like to put their skills to work for nature.

“Do you love working with your hands?” Monroe asks. “We’re looking for skilled volunteers to help us maintain our beautiful 570-acre sanctuary! If you have experience in trail maintenance, carpentry, electrical work, mowing, or groundskeeping, we need you.”

ACNC’s volunteer webpage, auduboncnc.org/volunteer, says buildings and grounds volunteers do seasonal mowing, weed-whacking and snow removal; trail upkeep and improvements; building maintenance and improvements; and garden weeding, planting, mulching and maintenance.

Volunteers are needed for 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and/or Thursday.

“Come enjoy the outdoors and make a real, tangible difference for our community and local wildlife. Even just one hour a week helps!” Monroe said.

Learn more and sign up at auduboncnc.org/volunteer, or email Monroe at TMonroe@auduboncnc.org.

Audubon Community Nature Center is located at 1600 Riverside Road, one-quarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown and Warren. Visit the nearly 600-acre nature preserve, check in on the live birds of prey, visit the native tree arboretum, gardens, picnic area, and hike the more than five miles of trails dawn until dusk daily for free.

The three-story Nature Center building houses interactive displays, a collection of live animals including the Hellbender exhibit, and the Blue Heron Gift Shop. Visitors are welcome Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sundays, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Nature Center members and SNAP/EBT cardholders have free building admission daily. Building admission is also free every Sunday for non-Nature Center members.

To learn more about Audubon and its programs, call 716-569-2345, find Audubon Community Nature Center on Facebook, Instagram, or visit AudubonCNC.org. Check out AudubonCNC.org/about for a quick video fly-by visit.