GET INVOLVED
Thank you for your interest in PRLT! Below is a list of ways in which you can volunteer to support the land trust.
You can also support PRLT by becoming a member. Presumpscot Regional Land Trust relies on yearly donations from members as the primary source of funding to conserve, steward, and access local lands and clean water for current and future generations to enjoy. If you are already a member thank you! If not, please consider joining now online.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
TRAILS, WATERS, anD PRESERVES
Water Quality Monitoring
Fish Count
Trail Work
Preserve Stewards
Wildlife Stewards
Engagement and Outreach
Event Volunteer
Walk Leader
Photographers / Videographers
Office Volunteer
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES
Stewardship Committee
Lands Committee
Leadership Development
Community Engagement and Fundraising
Finance Committee
See details for each volunteer opportunity below
VOLUNTEER On OUR TRAILS, RIVERS, and PRESERVES:
1. Water Quality Monitoring
Every spring marks the start of our data collection season for water quality throughout the region, and we always need more volunteer help. Water quality monitoring volunteers attend a training led by the Maine DEP and then collect water samples and data every other Saturday morning from mid-May through mid-September. Sign up to volunteer for the 2025 season here, and if you have questions please email toby@prlt.org
2. Fish Count Volunteers
We are working in collaboration with USM and the Department of Marine Resources to support ongoing research on the largest fish migration from Casco Bay. You can support these efforts by becoming a Fish Count volunteer. Volunteers count fish as they enter Highland Lake in Westbrook for 30 minute at a time mid-May to early June. Sign up to volunteer for the 2025 season here, and if you have questions please email toby@prlt.org
3. Trail Work Volunteers
We always have exciting projects happening on our preserves during the spring, summer and fall. Volunteers help create trails, build kiosks, post new signage, and perform trail maintenance throughout the region. You can volunteer on your own or with a small group, whatever fits your interest and schedule. For trail work, sign up to volunteer here.
4. Preserve Stewards
We are looking for new volunteer Stewards for our Preserves. Volunteer Stewards get to know one preserve well, by regularly walking the trail and performing basic maintenance. This is a great way to get outside, get some exercise and enjoy the land throughout the seasons. It is a wonderful volunteer opportunity for people who want to help outside on their own schedule. Sign up to volunteer here.
5. Wildlife Stewards
We have a wide variety of projects to improve wildlife habitat at public access preserves. Projects include removal of invasive Japanese knotweed from floodplains, making and posting wooden boxes for little brown bats, planting pollinator gardens in meadows, and planting trees along riverbanks.
Please fill out our volunteer form if you are interested in becoming a Wildlife Steward Volunteer. Sign up to volunteer here.
VOLUNTEER IN Outreach & Engagement
1. Event Volunteer
We are continually expanding our outreach events. Volunteers can help us with set-up, check-in, taking photos, and general outreach support.
Please fill out our volunteer form if you are interested in becoming an Outreach Volunteer. Sign up to volunteer here.
2. Walk Leader
Do you love one of our preserves and think more people should know about it? Sign up to lead a walk! We're recruiting volunteers who are excited about showing off the beauty of PRLT's trails with our community year-round.
Interested in signing up? Sign up to volunteer here.
3. Photographers and/or Videographers
Photos and videos help us tell the story of the beautiful lands and water we conserve, and the wide variety of people who enjoy them. We are looking for volunteers who enjoy taking photos and video and want to spend time visiting our preserves, capturing the different seasons, and joining us during our events. Sign up to volunteer here.
4. Office Volunteers
Volunteer to help with mailings a few times per year. Sign up to volunteer here.
VOLUNTEER ON A COMMITTEE
Interested in being a volunteer leader with PRLT? Join a committee and be part of the inner workings of our land trust. Our Committees are:
1. Stewardship Committee
Ensure that PRLT’s publicly accessible preserves and trail systems are safe, well-maintained, welcoming, and stewarded to a high standard. Guide stewardship priorities and investments that protect ecological integrity and enhance public access.
2. Lands Committee
Ensure that all proposed land protection projects are evaluated in a consistent, rigorous, and mission-driven manner. Review potential projects using PRLT’s criteria worksheet and ensure that acquisitions advance the goals of the Conservation Plan.
3. Leadership Development Committee
Ensure the board has a plan for training board members each year; design leadership training for new and ongoing board members.
4. Community Engagement and Fundraising Committee
Advise the board of directors and staff on effectively and equitably communicating and engaging people in the Land Trust’s mission and work to raise the funds necessary to protect and care for the Presumpscot Region.
5. Finance Committee
Oversee the organization's finances and ensure proper bookkeeping, accounting processes, and controls are in place.
We ask everyone who is interested in joining the Board of Directors to first be a part of a committee. Committees include: 1. Engagement Committee - help build financial resources; 2. Finance - review financial reports; 3. Leadership Development - design trainings for the Board of Directors. Click here to let us know you are interested.
By volunteering you will help the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust conserve, steward, and provide public access to local lands and clean water for current and future generations to enjoy. If you have questions about “Volunteering on the Land” contact Program Manager, Toby Jacobs at toby@prlt.org. For questions about “Outreach & Engagement” contact Community Engagement Manger, Brenna Crothers, brenna@prlt.org with any additional questions. Click here to become a member or make a donation.