Volunteering at POST
Volunteers take a break- POST staff are abundantly grateful for the 2,000 hours land volunteers devote to documenting, preserving and restoring POST land. The work requires training and attracts people who volunteer consistently each year. Our land volunteers fit into three categories:
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Conservation Easement Monitors
- They begin early in the morning and bring a lunch. They might be casual hikers if it weren’t for the GPS units, cameras and paperwork they bring along. In teams of three or four, they walk properties over which POST holds conservation easements to report on whether the conditions of the easement are being met. POST is legally responsible for monitoring easements annually.
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Open Space Guardian
- Armed with cameras, teams of Open Space Guardians walk POST-owned properties at least four times annually. They make certain the features that made the land important for conservation are in good condition. Volunteers see to it that fences, roads and buildings are in good repair and that no illegal dumping or trespassing is taking place.
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Stewardship Teams
- While driving along Highway 1 on the Coastside, you might see a team of people, casually dressed, swinging weed wrenches and carrying sprayer packs. Chances are
they are a POST stewardship team removing Pampas grass or other invasive, non-native plants on our lands. They also help repair erosion gullies. Stewardship teams
report a high level of satisfaction with their work, and the teams stay together for years. - To learn more about becoming a land volunteer, contact Conservation Project Manager Heather Nagy at (650) 854-7696 x334 or hnagy at openspacetrust.org.