Refuge Service Saturday volunteer event

The US Fish & Wildlife Service is holding a volunteer work morning at the Southeast Louisiana Refuges Complex Headquarters on Saturday, February 3rd from 8 AM until 11 AM.  The work being done by the volunteers will be to get the gardens and grounds ready for one of our biggest annual events, the Bayou Gardens Open House, on February 24th!    The Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges, Inc. supports these Service Saturday events by supplying the volunteers with water and snacks and by helping sign in the volunteers.  If you are a member of the Friends group, please feel free to contact us to find out how you can help:  lwrfriends@gmail.com

Our Friends members also help with the work being done that morning by volunteering as refuge volunteers.  The public is also invited to participate as refuge volunteers.

We will be sprucing up trails, picking up limbs, and making sure things look great for this popular event.  If you are interested in contributing hands-on to personally help make a difference or looking for volunteer hours for an organization you belong to, this may be for you! Volunteers will be provided with all tools.  Please wear closed-toe shoes and outdoor clothing.  Beverages and light snacks will be provided.  Volunteers under 18 yrs. of age will require a  parent-signed volunteer form before work begins.  If under the age of 16,  volunteers must be accompanied by an adult.  If interested, RSVP to rebecca_larkins@fws.gov