Bring work gloves, wear sturdy outdoor clothes and shoes and a lunch. We will provide drinks. Please call Sean at (760) 417-1149. Let us know how many people will be coming with you. We can provide volunteers with a good campsite on the preserve with rustic accommodations. Work starts at 8 a.m.

VOLUNTEERS are need to help during the following special projects and events:

• Festival & Preserve information and KRP Friends membership tables at the Naturefest, Reptile Celebration, Hummingbird Celebration, and Fall/Vulture Fest.

• Nature Trail periodic maintenance.

• Visitor Center upgrade committee.

• Sign making for Preserve Headquarters and trails signs.

• Parking, set-up, take-down, and gopher assistance at the events listed above.

• Butterfly/Hummingbird Garden installation and periodic maintenance.

• Volunteer Opportunity - Skilled volunteer painter, electrician carpenter and/or plumber - we will supply materials and a place for you to stay and/or camp. We will do our best to make you comfortable and welcome

• For more information about restoration, workdays, or the above volunteer opportunity contact: Reed: (760) 378-2531 or E-mail.

• Kern Valley Pride Day, Saturday, September 18, 2010.

Join us for our next KV Pride Day and help show the valley what true pride in the natural environment is!

We look forward to doing this on an annual basis. We meet at KRP HQ, 7:30 am.

Volunteers bring their own gloves, hat, work clothes and canteen. We supply additional drinks, trash bags and a truck and trailer to haul our trash. After we collect our trash, a free BBQ celebration is held at French Gulch Campground at noon.

Our focus area is around Hwy 178 and Sierra Way Hwy in and around the preserve and the South Fork Wildlife Area. The Friends of the Kern River Preserve have always brought in a respectable amount of trash – in 2002, 2005 and 2006 we gathered the most trash of any team and won first place and came close in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2007 earning second place those years.

Thanks to all of our Friends who have helped us to show our pride in the Kern River Valley and to keep our land clean.

Thanks to the following members of the Friends of the Kern River Preserve for helping out: Birdie & Bill Foster, Dave Kurdeka, Chris & Gordon Hancock, Darrell Barnes, Sandra Wieser, Jeff King, Reed Tollefson, Holly Sorenson, Alison Sheehey,  and Matt Reiter.

KRP WISH LIST

If you have any of the following items on our "Wish List" or would like to make a tax-deductible donation of any kind to the Kern River Preserve, contact Reed at the Preserve by calling (760) 378-2531 or by E-mail

• Flatbed Trailer suitable for hauling a tractor or automobile.

• Medium Farm Tractor, Category III 3-point hitch

• Floor laser color copier

• New roof on the Audubon House at Sprague Ranch

• New wiring at the Audubon House at Sprague Ranch

• Economy car for travel to events and meetings

BACK TO TOP