Education and Outreach
- Classroom Aquarium Education Project (CAEP)
- Fishing in the City
- Keep Me Wild Campaign
- National Archery in the Schools (NASP)
- Project WILD
- Volunteer with DFG
- Youth in the Outdoors (YO)
Office of Communications, Education & Outreach
1807 13th Street, Suite 104
Sacramento CA 95811
(916) 322-8911
Natural Resource Volunteer Program
The Natural Resource Volunteer Program (NRVP) assists the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) by providing enhanced public service to the community while offering opportunities for citizens to make a definitive contribution toward protecting California's wildlife resources.
Mission
The mission of NRVP is to provide conservation and enforcement education in public service, through community outreach, State lands monitoring, habitat and pollution awareness, animal welfare and DFG administrative assistance.
Purpose
The purpose of NRVP is to improve efficiency and productivity statewide by using the skills of talented volunteers. These volunteers will perform tasks which support the DFG's operations and mission.
While DFG will make maximum effort to utilize the skills of volunteers, it is not the intent of this program to supplant any sworn or non-sworn personnel.
Benefits
Volunteers are the eyes and ears of DFG enforcement personnel, biologists, managers and public officials. Trained to observe and report, Volunteers increase field time for warden patrols and investigations. They additionally free up more time for biologists to do scientific management and research. Volunteers add value to the DFG through their maturity, wisdom and life experience. They exemplify patience and understanding in a competitive world of consumptive and non-consumptive resource users. Volunteers are empowered by their ability to give back their talents to the community, not by the position they are entrusted with.
Objectives
The objectives of NRVP are:
- To assist DFG in providing enhanced public service to the community.
- To provide an opportunity for citizens to make a definitive contribution toward protecting California's fish and wildlife and their habitats.