{"id":8547,"date":"2013-08-30T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=8547"},"modified":"2013-08-28T20:51:34","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T00:51:34","slug":"volunteer-environmental-stewards-being-sought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=8547","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer environmental stewards being sought"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em>Natural Lands Trust recruiting trainees for \u201cForce of Nature\u201d program<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Image5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8548\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Image5.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>Natural Lands Trust announced this week that it is recruiting for the third class in its \u201cForce of Nature\u201d volunteer training program, designed to educate and train participants to serve as volunteer project leaders and ambassadors for the regional land conservation organization, a news release said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Force of Nature program launched in October 2011,\u201d said Molly Morrison, president of Natural Lands Trust. \u201cSince then, volunteers have contributed more than 1,200 hours to help Natural Lands Trust preserve and steward the land, water, and wildlife of our region. I look forward to welcoming participants in the third class this autumn as they join the force!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the program, volunteers participate in five, four-hour training sessions during which they learn about topics ranging from tree care and planting to invasive plant identification and removal. Each training session includes a learning component and a hands-on service component, such as restoring trails or building nest boxes for bluebirds.<\/p>\n<p>Following their training, graduates are asked to dedicate at least four hours per month for a minimum of five months volunteering at one or more of Natural Lands Trust\u2019s 42 nature preserves, which stretch from the Poconos to the New Jersey bay shore.<\/p>\n<p>Training sessions for the 2013-14 class will be held beginning Oct. 19 and continuing through March on the third Saturday of each month (excluding December). The first session will be held at Stroud Preserve on North Creek Road in West Chester.<\/p>\n<p>The registration deadline for the 2013-14 class is Oct. 4. Program information, including a training schedule and an application are available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.natlands.org\/volunteer\/force-of-nature\/\">natlands.org\/volunteer\/force-of-nature<\/a>\u00a0or by calling or emailing 610-353-5587 ext. 243 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:amichie@natlands.org\">info@natlands.org<\/a>. Individuals interested in attending a single training session may register at any time. Single session registration is extremely limited and is on a first-come basis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natural Lands Trust recruiting trainees for \u201cForce of Nature\u201d program Natural Lands Trust announced this week that it is recruiting for the third class in its \u201cForce of Nature\u201d volunteer training program, designed to educate and train participants to serve as volunteer project leaders and ambassadors for the regional land conservation organization, a news release [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25,450],"tags":[3160,1693,915,3034],"class_list":["post-8547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-community","category-events-2","tag-force-of-nature","tag-molly-morrison","tag-natural-lands-trust","tag-president-of-natural-lands-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}