Volunteer – Parks, Open Space & Trails

Adopt-A-Park

The Adopt-A-Park Program is an effort to enlist community support through assistance with park and greenway upkeep. There are a few different ways to volunteer with this group.

• Group, Monthly: This monthly, minimum one-year commitment is the perfect opportunity for businesses, community groups or family and friends to take ownership of their public lands year-round. Cleanup materials provided. After one year of service, should your group renew for a second year we will place an adopter sign with your group’s name in your park.
  • Join our Adopt-A-Park Volunteer Group and complete an application. Email post.volunteer@longmontcolorado.gov with questions.

• Group, One-Time: This is an opportunity for businesses, community groups, or family and friends to organize a one-time volunteer event to your group’s specifications. Cleanup materials provided.
  • Please fill out our Group Inquiry Form and include the name of the park or greenway you’re interested in – or, list “no location preference”. Our Volunteer Project Coordinator will respond to you within 3 business days.
• Individual, One-Time or Monthly: Looking to help keep our parks and greenways clean on your own time? We would love to have your help, and will provide direction and materials so that you can do so effectively!
  • Join our Adopt-A-Park Volunteer Group and complete an application. Email post.volunteer@longmontcolorado.govwith questions.

Eco Crew

Do you want to help improve Longmont’s public lands, making them more habitable for native plants, plant communities, wildlife, and the people who like to recreate in these spaces? Then join our Eco Crew and become a member today!

Eco Crew volunteers do a variety of projects both around town and at Button Rock Preserve including digging, pulling and clipping noxious weeds; building and removing fences; plant monitoring; beaver tree painting; collecting and cleaning native seed; planting native seeds and plugs; planting trees; restoring social trails; watering establishing vegetation; and monitoring restored areas over time.

Meet new friends, explore new lands, and make a real difference. Volunteer for a day or all year long. We can use your help!

Time Commitment

Commit to a minimum of one event or 4 volunteer hours per month between April and October

Rose Gardeners

City of Longmont’s Memorial Rose Garden is located at the west end of Roosevelt Park. The Memorial Rose Garden Volunteer Program is an effort to enlist community support through assistance with garden upkeep. Volunteers learn about horticulture while gaining community pride, a sense of ownership and a better maintained Rose Garden!

Time Commitment

• Commit to one or more growing seasons! Plan to help between May and October, with 20-minute trainings offered in the spring for new rose gardeners. The exact seasonal work period and volunteer work required will depend on plant development and weather variations in a specific growing season.

Pollinator Gardeners

The City of Longmont is working to create and maintain several gardens with a focus on promoting pollinator health, demonstrating xeric alternatives to turf, and emphasizing native plant species whenever possible. By volunteering with Pollinator Gardeners, volunteers can learn about pollinators and native plant species while helping maintain public spaces that demonstrate the many benefits of these gardens.

Time Commitment

• Commit to one or more growing seasons! Plan to help between April and October. The exact seasonal work period and volunteer work required will depend on plant development and weather variations in a specific growing season.

Raptor Nest Monitors

***Raptor Nest Monitor Crew is full for the 2024 season, please use the button below to learn more and join the waitlist. ***

Do you have an interest in birds of prey? Are you an avid birder or looking to learn more? The City of Longmont wants you in our Raptor Nest Monitoring Program!

Requirements

• Experience preferred but not required.
• Must have access to a pair of binoculars or a spotting scope.
• Must commit to volunteering for a minimum of one nesting season.
• Must attend at least one field training session with staff.

Time Commitment

Our season begins with a training in February, and typically continues through August. You can set your own nest monitoring schedule, but we ask for a commitment of one 30-minute monitoring session per week during nesting season. You must supply your own binoculars or spotting scope, but we do have some available for checkout as needed.

Breeding Bird Surveyors

*** Spots in the Breeding Bird Surveyor Crew are limited, please use the button below to view details and apply.***

Do you have an affinity for our local birds? Do you have advanced skills in identifying birds by sight and call? The City of Longmont wants you in our Breeding Bird Survey Program!

Volunteers work in pairs, spending a minimum of two hours per survey per month at one or more properties, recording the birds they hear. One person in the pair observes and listens calling out what they see and hear and the other person writes down the information.

Requirements

• Advanced bird I.D. skills (both site and call). At least 100 different local species.
• Previous breeding bird survey experience preferred
• Ability to hike 2-4 miles over mostly flat terrain
• Must commit to volunteering for a minimum of one season and to completing one survey per month.
• Must attend at least one field training session with staff or experienced volunteer

Time Commitment

This opportunity is offered year-round, and volunteerism may vary by season. Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one, two-hour survey per month and commit to a minimum of one birding season.

Photography Volunteers

Photograph Longmont’s parks, open spaces, trails, wildlife and our volunteers working hard to improve these spaces. Words aren’t necessary when photos can capture the stories of Longmont’s wild places. Your images may be used in a variety of ways including on our website, to publicize volunteer events and in our educational materials.

Requirements

• Volunteers must own a camera or a phone that can take high-resolution photographs.
• Photographs must be taken from Longmont’s public lands.
• Landscape and wildlife photographs can be taken on your own time.
• Volunteer event photographs can only be taken during scheduled one-time event times or must be prearranged with ongoing volunteers such as raptor or restoration volunteers.

Time Commitment

• Volunteers are asked to commit to both scheduled photography assignments, as well as photograph on their own time on Longmont’s Open Spaces and Natural Areas.