Activity Cards

Join us for a hands-on volunteer training where you’ll learn how to help maintain our wildlife water troughs – an important way to support local wildlife alongside our Research and Monitoring team. We’ll meet at the Augustine Staging Area and then we’ll carpool in an IRC vehicle to the Weir Troughs. There is one trough in lower Weir and one trough in upper Weir, and we will be going off-trail to reach them.

Once in the field, we’ll walk you through the full process step by step. You’ll learn how to turn off the water, temporarily remove the mosquito fish, clean out algae and buildup, and get everything set back up and running. We’ll also show you how to use the tools involved, including water pumps for draining the troughs, shovels and rakes for cleaning, and buckets and nets for handling water and fish.

Once you’ve completed the training, you’ll be ready to help clean any of the trough locations in the future.

Join us for a hands-on volunteer training where you’ll learn how to help maintain our wildlife water troughs – an important way to support local wildlife alongside our Research and Monitoring team. We’ll meet at the Outdoor Education Center / Weir Staging Area and then we’ll carpool in an IRC vehicle to the Weir Troughs. There is one trough in lower Weir and one trough in upper Weir, and we will be going off-trail to reach them.

Once in the field, we’ll walk you through the full process step by step. You’ll learn how to turn off the water, temporarily remove the mosquito fish, clean out algae and buildup, and get everything set back up and running. We’ll also show you how to use the tools involved, including water pumps for draining the troughs, shovels and rakes for cleaning, and buckets and nets for handling water and fish.

Once you’ve completed the training, you’ll be ready to help clean any of the trough locations in the future.