Volunteer Opportunity Details:

The Sisters of Mercy property in Cumberland offers a variety of habitats to several organisms. Fairy shrimp, wood frogs and spotted salamanders use the vernal pools for breeding. Volunteers are needed to monitor these pools for obligate and facultative species. A monthly hike to the pools throughout the year to collect data on the depth and size of the pool would add to the data currently collected. During March - May, a weekly or bi-monthly visit to the pools will provide experiences of delight as one hears wood frogs calling, observes egg masses, watches tadpoles swim about, or catches a glimpse of a fairy shrimp.

Ability to hike through the woods and accepting of these challenges. Training will be provided on the identification of the organisms.

This opportunity is sponsored by: New Dawn Earth Center

This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Individual Adults (55+) Young Adults (18-25) We need volunteers who are free at these times Monthly Occasional

Contact Person: Denise Turcotte, Executive Director, (401) 333-1341, (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

75 Wrentham Rd Cumberland, RI 02864 (See a map)

Directions:

We are located on Rt 121 next door to Mercymount Country Day School. We are around the corner from Diamond Hill Park and the Ice Cream Machine.

Miscellaneous Information

Handicap accessible?
	Yes
Does this opportunity provide services to low-income communities?
	Yes