Welcome to the Volunteer Opportunities Page.  As volunteer opportunities become known to the Champlain Project, they will be posted below.

How to contribute to this web site.  Additional listings for this web page should be e-mailed to info@vfthomas.com or sent by traditional mail to Champlain Project Volunteer Opportunities; P. O. Box 400; Southwest Harbor, ME 04679.

Maine Butterfly Survey  From the May 2009 issue of The Maine Entomologist, volume 13, number 2, page 3: "The Maine Butterfly Survey (MBS), a citizen-science atlasing project, is beginning its third field season. The MBS is a five-year project to document the diversity, status, and habitat relationships of butterflies and skippers across our state. We are seeking additional volunteers to help with the effort. ... More information on the project can be found at the MBS website: http://mbs.umf.maine.edu." You may also contact Phillip deMaynadier by telephone (207-941-4239) or e-mail phillip.demaynadier@maine.gov.

Champlain Project  The Champlain Project is an all-volunteer effort to document the natural history of Mount Desert Island. The project welcomes submissions of all observations such as birds at feeders, the date of the first flower of a particular species, and the like, as well as photographs. Please e-mail info@vfthomas.com or call 207-266-5748 if you have any questions.