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Ridge Rangers

Volunteer Opportunities

Discover all the ways you can get involved in preserving your local natural areas!

Whether you can volunteer on weekdays or weekends, have a lot of time to give or just a little, the perfect volunteer opportunity is waiting for you!

Special Projects

A volunteer helps with mapping project

Hot Opportunities

Make an additional commitment to conservation and get involved with one of these unique opportunities. These projects may be short term or ongoing depending on the needs of the partnering agency. This is a great way to learn more about the Lake Wales Ridge, while helping out a specific protected area.

Education Assistant
Help the Education Department at Archbold Biological Station with school field trips, guided tours, summer camp and more. Training is provided and times are variable. No prior experience is necessary.

Members of a 4-H group assemble a bat box

Bat Box Builders
Construct houses for these insect munching, winged mammals for FWC properties in Lake Placid.

Boardwalk Repair
Become part of the crew to reconstruct a 100-foot section of a boardwalk at the Avon Park Air Force Range.

Greenhouse Gardeners
Assist staff at the FWC Royce Unit in their new greenhouse venture slated to propagate scrub plants.

Administrative Support
Lend the office staff at Highlands Hammock State Park a hand with a variety of administrative tasks.

Click here to get more information and a Ridge Ranger application.

Historic arched bridge (1922) at Mackay Gardens.