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Volunteering Opportunities 

Visitor Centres
These visitor centres are dependant on volunteers to keep them open and provide information and resources to park visitors. Share your passion for parks and connect with like-minded people.

  • Campbell Valley Visitor Centre
    phone number 604-530-4983.
  • BC Mills House at Lynn Headwaters 
    phone number 604-987-0626.

Special Events in Regional Parks
Are you an enthusiastic, friendly, outgoing person looking to have a good time, meet people, and enjoy our scenic regional parks? Why not volunteer as an information assistant, ticket seller or host!

e-mail e-mail
phone number 604-432-6359

Belcarra Beachkeepers
Spend your summer on the beach! Participate in a scientific crab study that monitors Belcarra’s crab population and educates visitors about intertidal ecosystems. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older and available to commit to a minimum of 30 hours throughout the summer.

e-mail e-mail
phone number 604-420-3031

Camosun Bog Restoration Group – Work Parties
Saturdays, year-round 9 AM – NOON
Pacific Sprit Regional Park
Be a “Hero of the Bog”! Help restore Camosun Bog and have fun! Pull out invasive shrubs by their roots and become intimate with sphagnum moss. First-time volunteers please arrive at 10 am. Wear old clothes; bring work gloves. Meet at the platform in the centre of the bog (main entrance at 19th Avenue and Camosun Street, Vancouver).
Ages 14+
Information:  www.naturalhistory.bc.ca/CamosunBog/index.htm

Weedbusters Work Parties
Be a champion for native plants! Tackle some invasive species: non-native plants that have become established and replaced native species. Join Metro Vancouver and the Burnaby Lake Park Association to remove English Ivy and Purple Policeman’s Helmet from areas around Burnaby Lake.

phone number 604-432-6359

Watershed Keepers
Help us keep our watershed habitats healthy! Watershed Keepers is an ongoing volunteer stewardship program from March to October. Join other volunteers to tackle stubborn invasive plant species and to restore sensitive habitats. Share your love of the forest with fellow stewards while gaining insight about our local ecosystems from knowledgeable staff. Sign in at the Rice Lake Gatehouse (a few steps from the LSCR parking lot). Please let us know if you plan to attend.

e-mail e-mail
phone number 604-987-1273

Activity Leaders
The Watershed Discoveries School is a great opportunity for Grade 10 to 12 students with an interest in science or education who are looking for volunteer work experience. You will enhance your leadership skills, explore ecosystems, share your interests with children, and meet new people while having fun in the watershed. You will be expected to work at least one session (1 - 5 days, depending on the session), from 9 am to 4 pm daily. Please send applications (résumé and cover letter) by e-mail or fax (Attn: WDS Junior Leader) to the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve.

e-mail e-mail
phone number 604-987-3529
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Resources

For more information about partnerships and volunteering in Regional Parks, contact the Community Development Team:

Suzanne
Coordinator for West Area Boundary Bay, Pacific Spirit and Lynn Headwaters Regional Parks
phone number 604-224-5739
e-mail e-mail

Trina
Community Development Coordinator for Central Area Burnaby Lake, Colony Farm and Minnekhada Regional Parks
phone number 604-520-6442
e-mail e-mail

Lisa
Community Development Coordinator for East Area Brae Island, Campbell Valley, Derby Reach and Kanaka Creek Regional Parks
phone number 604-530-4983
e-mail e-mail

Fast Facts

Community partners and volunteers support Metro Vancouver Regional Parks’ initiatives by contributing more than 50,000 hours annually.