Volunteer

Wood Thrush with Geolocator by Emily Patterson

Volunteers are an integral part of our community and successes—we couldn’t do nearly as much as we do without you!

Our volunteers do everthing from trail stewardship & sanctuary restoration to native garden cultivation or helping in the office. They help with our monthly lectures, act as amabassadors at community events and drive our seed sale fundraisers.

Interested in Volunteering? Send an email to Info@Bedfordaudubon.org

Groups

We welcome student, service, and corporate groups to volunteer with us! We have opportunities for groups to make a difference on our sanctuary, native habitat garden, and in our historic farmhouse headquarters. Read on for group volunteering project areas, but we’re also open to new and different projects, too.

Gold Award & Eagle Scout Candidates

We welcome local Scouts. If you’re looking for a Gold Award or Eagle Scout Project, check our list of available projects as a first step—and if you don’t see a project that resonates with you, feel free to propose a project!

Native Garden Planting and/or Mulching

  • Project description: Plant native shrubs and trees in our Leon Levy Native Garden (we will pick the species and sizes and can help you find a source for the plant material), or sheet mulching in the Garden to manage invasive species
  • Age restrictions: 8 & up
  • Location: Leon Levy Native Garden at Bylane Farm, 35 Todd Road, Katonah
  • Date(s): Flexible, May/June or September/October
  • Time commitment: 4 hours

Trail Maintenance

  • Project description: Help us maintain miles of trails at three of our wildlife sanctuaries
  • Age restrictions: 12 & up
  • Location: John Ramsey Hunt & Mary Welsh Parker Memorial Sanctuary (Katonah/Lewisboro/Bedford), Ruth Walgreen Franklin & Winifred Fels Memorial Sanctuary (North Salem), Palmer H. Lewis Memorial Sanctuary (Bedford)
  • Date(s): Flexible, can also schedule Trail Maintenance 101 Workshop (free) with the New York New Jersey Trail Conference
  • Time commitment: 2 hours (can be repeated several times, including seasonally if your group would like to steward a trail section

Trail Posting

  • Project description: Help us mark 8+ miles of trails at our largest wildlife sanctuary
  • Age restrictions: 12 & up
  • Location: Location: John Ramsey Hunt & Mary Welsh Parker Memorial Sanctuary (Katonah/Lewisboro/Bedford), Ruth Walgreen Franklin & Winifred Fels Memorial Sanctuary (North Salem), Palmer H. Lewis Memorial Sanctuary (Bedford)
  • Date(s): Flexible
  • Time commitment: 2 hours (can be repeated several times)