Volunteers plant grasses to restore shoreline at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Photo credit: NOAA Volunteers remove invasive algae in Waikiki, Hawaii. Photo credit: NOAA

A. How Can You Volunteer?

Volunteer.gov/gov
Connects people with public sector volunteer opportunities to help Build America's Communities of Service. The site allows you to search for volunteer opportunities by keyword, state, activity, partner, and/or date range.

AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country's critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.

Annotated Bibliography of Wetland Volunteer Manuals
This bibliography, by Matthew Witten, includes links to multiple wetland volunteer manuals and indicates each manual's degree of scientific rigor, methods covered, and general topics included.

Opportunities with NOAA Restoration Partners
NOAA Habitat Restoration Partners work with the NOAA Restoration Center to restore marine, estuarine and anadromous fish habitat around the coastal United States. NOAA partners benefit greatly from the assistance of volunteer support.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Volunteers
The public lands administered by the BLM range from saguaro cactus desert to Douglas fir tundra. Overall, these lands, located primarily in the Western part of the United States, comprise nearly one-eighth of our nation's land area. BLM volunteers enjoy work that matches their interests and schedules.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Volunteer Website and Volunteer Estuary Monitoring Manual
The EPA encourages all citizens to learn about their water resources. Volunteer monitors build awareness of pollution problems, become trained in pollution prevention, help clean up problem sites, provide data for waters that may otherwise be unassessed, and increase the amount of water quality information available to decision makers at all levels of government.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Volunteer Program
With close to 38,000 volunteers contributing in excess of 1.4 million hours, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service volunteers perform a wide variety of tasks. Some work full-time, some just a few hours a week or month, or during a particular season or special event.

B. Volunteerism

Independent Sector
Provides a comprehensive picture of the giving and volunteering habits of Americans. Based on a national survey of more than 4,000 adults, this series of reports explores the why, how, and who behind the extraordinary everyday generosity - both in time and money-of American households.

But, Why? An Inquiry Into Volunteer Motivations In Coastal Habitat Restoration
This investigation seeks to uncover which motivational drivers drew volunteers to Tampa Bay Watch coastal habitat restoration activities. Is the primary motivation social or perhaps psychological? Does it connote environmental stewardship or a sense of civic duty? Which driver(s) are most common, and are they intrinsic, extrinsic, or some combination?