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Earth Team Volunteers
Volunteers Make a Difference in Rhode Island!
What is the Earth Team?
In 1981, Congress authorized the Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS), formerly the Soil Conservation Service, to accept volunteers to increase
soil and water conservation efforts, and to do this by working closely with Soil
and Water Conservation Districts.
Earth Team volunteers work side by side with professionals from NRCS, helping
protect and conserve the earth's natural resources. By volunteering, you will
help your community, your country and our earth. Earth team members also meet
new people, learn new skills and help accomplish conservation work throughout
the state. It's fun and easy. The mission of the Earth Team is to provide an
effective volunteer workforce within NRCS to help people conserve, improve and
sustain our resources and environment.
Volunteers can help expand efforts in soil and water conservation. Anyone 14
years or older and interested in saving our precious soil and water can join the
Earth Team. Volunteers may work part-time, full-time, outdoors or in an NRCS
office. Help reduce soil erosion, conserve our water and improve its quality,
carry the conservation message to schools, and take pride in our country's
natural resource heritage. Whatever your talents or interests, there is a
volunteer opportunity for you.
What Can You Do?
On the Land |
In the
Community |
In the Office |
- Soil Mapping
- Surveying
- Water Sampling
- Establishing Wildlife Habitat
- Native Grass Seeding
- Resource Inventories
- Conservation
Practice Layout
- Planting Trees
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- Conservation Planning
- Photography
- Conservation Education
- Writing
- Special Tours & Fairs
- Conservation
Youth Groups
- Outdoor Classrooms & Nature Areas
- Public Speaking
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- Drafting
- Computer Data Entry
- Map Interpretations
- Typing
- Telephoning
- Editing
- Reception
- Filing
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For more Earth Team program information, contact the coordinator.
Title |
Name |
Address/Phone Number |
E-mail Address |
Rhode Island State Volunteer Coordinator |
Diane Riessen |
60 Quaker Lane, Suite 46
Warwick, RI 02886
Telephone: 401-822 8848 |
diane.riessen@ri.usda.gov |
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