Volunteer

The Delaware Highlands Conservancy is a volunteer-governed and supported organization. Volunteers are vital to the running of our organization and to the overall success of our mission to protect the lands, waters, and quality of life in the Upper Delaware River region.

“There are no negatives. You’re outside hiking, exploring new places, learning local history, meeting other community members you wouldn’t normally meet, volunteering for a good cause, learning about plants and trees from your staff partner. It’s all good!”

– Dawn Williams, Monitoring Volunteer

Your volunteer time with the Conservancy supports the community that is home to you and the people you love.  Serving as a volunteer for the Conservancy gives you a unique opportunity to contribute directly to assuring our region’s clean waters, natural areas, and sustainable local economies are vibrant and healthy now and for future generations. 

“As a monitoring volunteer, I enjoyed the opportunity to walk through incredibly beautiful lands. Some monitoring visits involve meeting land owners; people that put land in a Conservancy easement really care about their land and its future.”

– Joe Shatt, Monitoring Volunteer

Volunteering at the Conservancy means you play a real and important role in conserving the waters, farms, forests, and local economies of our regional community.

And, you will meet wonderful people. Volunteering at the Conservancy is productive work, and it’s fun! 

“When I first volunteered at the Conservancy, it was to do office work. What I didn’t know was how varied and interesting the work would be, and how much enjoyment I would have spending time with the people who work there. Working with people who are so dedicated and energetic and truly believe in what they’re doing makes the Conservancy a great place to be.”

– Jan Maressa, Office Volunteer

Potential Volunteer Opportunities:

Land Stewardship Volunteers assist Land Protection staff with easement inquiries including assistance with property visits for field data collection (GPS, photos, property boundary location, existing conditions), baseline documentation, field data collection, and annual ground and aerial monitoring activities.

Office Support Volunteer assists with filing, cataloging, mailings, membership drives, newsletters, data support and business support.

Educational Outreach Volunteer assists with the overall coordination and promotion of educational programs and may also present to program participants on topics related to the Conservancy’s mission. Other responsibilities include writing press releases and public service announcements for programs, developing and distributing promotional materials, cross checking dates on local calendars of events, promoting events to local organizations, and coordinating programs logistics, presenters and/or materials for the program.

Public Relations Volunteer assists in creation of newsletters and in grant writing for funding.  Additional responsibilities include interviews for articles, conducting research for grant possibilities, and the creation of promotional materials.
To learn more about the various volunteering opportunities available at the Conservancy visit our Volunteer Manual.

To become a volunteer, fill out the Volunteer Registration Form.

If you would like more information about volunteering for the Conservancy call the office at 570-226-3164/845-807-0535 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .