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Volunteer Tor Rothman, a retired
environmental engineer from Lake Placid, reviewed our inventory
of chemicals for proper disposal during 2002-03, digital photo by Nancy D.
Deyrup.
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VOLUNTEER
PROGRAM
Volunteer Coordinator, Rick Lavoy send
e-mail
Volunteers are an important part of Archbold activities. A
formal Archbold volunteer program was established in January 1995 with 38
volunteers. During 2000-06, Archbold was fortunate to have more than 500 volunteers
donating 25,511 hours of services (see Table
1 below). This is the annual equivalent of 1.75 full-time employees.
At the Archbold Biological Station (volunteer
photo album), volunteers have worked
for the: Bird Lab,
Education program,
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab,
Hydrology Monitoring,
Invertebrate Lab,
Land Management,
Library,
Operations,
Plant Ecology Lab,
and Vertebrate Lab.
At the MacArthur Agro-ecology Research
Center, at Buck Island
Ranch, volunteers have helped with the
Ranch Ecosystem Tour
and Agro-ecology research projects.
 Volunteers are an indispensable part of
two Archbold education
programs: 1) the summer day camp,
Scrub Ecology, where adult and teen volunteers assist campers with
crafts, research-oriented activities, and ecology-oriented games, and 2)
the elementary environmental education program,
Getting to Know the Real Florida,
where adult volunteers help lead and assist visiting 3rd-5th
grade classes from Highlands County, and surrounding county schools, on
a variety of activities - scrub hunt, animal tracking, weather station and
scientist’s lab. Here, volunteer Charlotte James helps a Lake Country
Elementary School 3rd grader identify animal tracks during the school’s
visit to Archbold (photo by Nancy Deyrup).
During 2002 and 2003, the Vertebrate Lab received support from
the Earthwatch Institute, which included 43 volunteers who
assisted in gopher tortoise research.
An annual Volunteer Appreciation Day
is celebrated with a Ranch Safari aboard a 22-passenger swamp buggy at
Buck Island Ranch. In 2005, 30 adult and student volunteers attended.
Thank you to all our volunteers!
New volunteers are always welcome. To volunteer at the Archbold Biological
Station, please contact Richard Lavoy, Volunteer Coordinator, at 863-465-2571 or
send an e-mail.
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Table 1. Annual summary of volunteer hours at Archbold Biological
Station.
| |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| |
Hours |
% |
Hours |
% |
Hours |
% |
Hours |
% |
Hours |
% |
Hours |
% |
Hours |
% |
|
Administration |
15.5 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
20.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Avian Ecol Lab |
21.0 |
0.7 |
179.8 |
3.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
230.0 |
6.8 |
90.0 |
3.5 |
248.5 |
5.7 |
|
Computer Syst |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
98.0 |
2.8 |
285.0 |
8.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Education |
1244.0 |
42.0 |
1803.5 |
37.7 |
1902.5 |
47.5 |
2125.0 |
61.5 |
1672.5 |
49.8 |
1397.0 |
54.6 |
1807.5 |
41.6 |
|
G.I.S. |
85.5 |
2.9 |
463.0 |
9.7 |
525.0 |
13.1 |
135.0 |
3.9 |
179.5 |
5.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
367.0 |
8.4 |
|
Housekeeping |
0.0 |
0.0 |
16.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Invert Lab |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
105.0 |
2.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1247.5 |
28.7 |
|
Land Mgmt |
1036.5 |
35.3 |
972.5 |
20.3 |
708.5 |
17.7 |
101.5 |
2.9 |
100.5 |
3.0 |
80.0 |
3.1 |
72.0 |
1.7 |
|
Library |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70.0 |
|
238.0 |
9.3 |
157.0 |
3.6 |
|
Maintenance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Monitoring |
46.0 |
1.6 |
64.0 |
1.3 |
82.0 |
2.0 |
91.5 |
2.7 |
246.0 |
7.3 |
182.5 |
7.1 |
89.5 |
2.1 |
|
Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
104.0 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Plant Ecol Lab |
386.5 |
13.2 |
677.3 |
14.2 |
184.0 |
4.6 |
509.0 |
14.7 |
60.5 |
1.8 |
332.5 |
13.0 |
358.0 |
8.2 |
|
Ranch |
100.0 |
3.4 |
603.0 |
12.6 |
498.0 |
12.4 |
373.0 |
10.8 |
446.0 |
13.3 |
240.0 |
9.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Total Hours |
2935.0 |
|
4779.1 |
|
4005.0 |
|
3453.0 |
|
3432.0 |
|
2560.0 |
|
4347.0 |
|
|
Full Time Equivlt |
1.4 |
|
2.3 |
|
1.9 |
|
1.6 |
|
1.6 |
|
1.2 |
|
2.09 |
|
|
# of Volunteers |
94 |
|
89 |
|
90 |
|
112 |
|
119 |
|
114 |
|
141 |
|
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