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Cook Inletkeeper
Take Action!
Volunteer
Opportunities
There are several ways to
volunteer your time at Cook Inletkeeper.
Citizens’ Environmental
Monitoring Program:
Cook Inletkeeper trains volunteers to monitor water chemistry at
streams and estuary sites using scientifically-defensible
protocols. Monitors must attend a three-part training to become
certified, and commit to monitoring a site once per month during
the winter and twice per month during the summer. Inletkeeper
also trains volunteers in biological monitoring. Inletkeeper
partners with several groups throughout the state that have
similar programs. For more information or to find out about a
program in your community, contact Tori Lentfer at
tori@inletkeeper.org
or 907.235.4068 ext. 29.
Wetlands Monitoring Program:
Cook Inletkeeper trains volunteers to monitor water table
depths, vegetation, wildlife, and water chemistry at wetland
sites once a month from May to October. Volunteers must attend a
formal training. For more information, contact Tori
Lentfer at
tori@inletkeeper.org or 907.235.4068 ext. 29.
Salmon Stream Monitoring
Program: Volunteers
are needed to assist Cook Inletkeeper’s stream ecologist in
monitoring four salmon streams on the lower Kenai Peninsula.
Duties include backpacking equipment to the monitoring site and
recording data using a designated datasheet. Sites are often
remote, so volunteers must be in good physical shape, come
prepared for the weather, and bring food and water. No training
is required. For more information, contact Sue Mauger at
sue@inletkeeper.org
or 907.235.4068 ext. 24.
For more information about other
volunteer duties including assembling mailings, organizing
events, data entry, etc., contact Mike Allen at
michael@inletkeeper.org
or 907.235.4068
ext. 27.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Cook Inletkeeper may have
internship opportunities throughout the year, especially during
the busy summer months. Past internship duties have included:
assisting with water quality, biological, and wetlands
monitoring at remote sites across the lower Kenai Peninsula;
studying local waterways to assess habitat and water quality
impacts of development on riparian zones, ground truthing
watershed boundaries; maintaining a photographic library;
assisting with laboratory procedures, chemical and glassware
inventory; and researching and organizing on environmental
policy issues. For more information about internship
opportunities, contact Bob Shavelson at
bob@inletkeeper.org or 907.235.4068 ext. 22.
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