Get Involved You can learn more and explore new places when you join the Conservancy's online community and build your own personalized nature page.   Saugatuck Forest Lands, Dorr's Mill Fish Passage Project. Photo © Sally Harold/TNC For More Information Please contact Lia Mastropolo at lmastropolo@tnc.org or (203) 226-4991 Ext. 203. Calendar of volunteer workdays and special events.

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities at Devil’s Den Preserve

Trail Adopters: This is a great opportunity for regular visitors to the Den, or for those who can commit to visiting the preserve at least once a season. Volunteers walk the trails and report on their condition, with an eye to maintenance issues or the presence of invasive plant species. Volunteers are also encouraged to carry out any basic trail maintenance such as re-painting trail blazes or cutting back overgrowth. Equipment and supplies can be provided.

Workday Volunteers: Scheduled workdays can cover a wide range of activities and interests, including basic trail maintenance, removal of invasive plant species and clean-ups of local beaches. For a list of work days and special events, see our calendar.

Hike Guides: Volunteers can also help our partner organization, the New Canaan Nature Center, with their Nature Education Initiative at Devil’s Den program. Volunteer interpreters lead a variety of programs at The Den and throughout the Saugatuck Forest Lands including School Programs, Adult Hikes, Family Nature Walks and specialty programs such as bird walks. For more information, contact Linda Glowienka, NCNC Volunteer Coordinator, Tel: 203-966-9577 ext. 203.

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities in the Saugatuck Forest Lands

Fish “Popping” Surveys
Mid-August through mid-September, 2008
Any day, at sunset
The Saugatuck River Watershed Partnership is working to open up habitat for migratory fish by installing fishways and counters on dams in the river. In the spring of 2008 nearly 3,000 anadromous fish were counted moving up the river to spawn. But now we want to know, have they produced viable offspring? Conduct your own informal survey at Dorr’s Mill Trout Management Area to determine presence or absence of juvenile alewife and/or river river herring through monitoring for a phenomenon. Bring a camera or camcorder to record findings. To sign up for training, contact the Devil's Den office at 203-226-4991 ext. 203, or at theden@tnc.org.