For the Public:

Volunteer Opportunities

 

 

Title.............................Selah Volunteer.

 

Description…………....Help with operations and education activities at Hill

                                   Country ranch habitat-restoration project. Volunteers

                                   needed include docents to lead tours; teachers to lead

                                   field outings for school/adult groups; database

                                   developers to help catalog flora and fauna; ranch hands

                                   to help with trail building, tree planting, cedar removal

                                   and the like; office helpers to assist with newsletter and

                                   mailing; and any other talents that might be useful.

 

Target

Audience....................General public.

 

Cost...........................NA.

 

Location………….......Selah, Bamberger Ranch Preserve, 2341 Blue Ridge

                                  Drive, Johnson City, Texas.

 

Dates/Times...............By arrangement.

 

Special

requirements…………Some activities involve heavy physical labor or hiking.

 

Sponsor/POC.............POC: Volunteer coordinator Penny Weibly, Tel. (512)

                                  280-1792. Sponsor: Bamberger Ranch Preserve, 2341

                                  Blue Ridge Drive, Johnson City, Texas 78636. Tel. 830-

                                  868-2630. Fax (830) 868-4638. E-mail brp@tstar.net.

                                  Website for registration/schedule:

                                  http://www.bambergerranch.org.

 

Other Notes...............Selah is a 5,500 acre ranch described as the largest

                                  habitat restoration project on private land in Texas.

                                  Includes dinosaur tracks, a man-made bat cave

                                  ("Chiroptorium"), and world's largest herd of

                                  endangered Scimitar-Horned Oryx.