Whitewater State Park2014 Volunteer Slideshow
“How far that little candle throws his
beams! So shines a good deed in a
naughty world.”
~William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice
Take A Kid Ice Fishing
MN State Parks and Trails Promotional Photo Opportunity
Digital Photography Programs
“If you want to touch the past, touch a
rock. If you want to touch the present,
touch a flower. If you want to touch the
future, touch a life.”
~Author Unknown
Live Eagle Programs
Wintering Golden Eagle Count
Maple Syrup Making
“How wonderful it is that nobody need
wait a single moment before starting to
improve the world.”
~Anne Frank
Crystal Springs Trout Hatchery Tours
Nesting Box Monitoring & Maintenance
Prairie Butterfly Garden
Program
Archery in the Park
I Can Fish: Trout Fishing
Peregrine Falcon Monitoring & Banding
“Unless someone like you cares a whole
awful lot, nothing is going to get
better. It's not.”
~Dr. Seuss
Spring Naturalist Training
Weaver Dunes SNA Site Tour
US Fish & Wildlife ServiceUpper Mississippi River National
Wildlife and Fish RefugeField Day
Bluegrass Jam Series
Blanding’s Turtle Rescue Field Trips
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It
makes what is excellent in others belong
to us as well.”
~Voltaire
Plainview Boy ScoutsEagle Scout Project
Bat Houses
Annual Whitewater Valley Archaeology Festival
Prairie Seed Collecting Program
Tree Cage Maintenance
“The smallest act of kindness is worth
more than the grandest intention.”
~Oscar Wilde
Conservation Corps of MN & IAPrescribed Burn Assistance
Candlelight Cemetery Walk
Tundra Swan Field Trip
Stream Research Tour with Professor Neal Mundahl
Backyard Birding 101 at
Plainview Public Library
Winter Trout Fishing Promotional Photo
Opportunity
“No one who achieves success does so
without acknowledging the help of
others. The wise and confident
acknowledge this help with gratitude. ”
~Author Unknown
2014 Summary
• 348,093 park visitors
• 527 interpretive programs offered
• 16,933 program participants
• 251 requested programs by schools
• 405 volunteers donated 2,728 hours of their time
• Volunteers led 86 programs
• 400+ hours were donated by MN Master Naturalist volunteers
Breakdown of Volunteer Hours
Bluebird House Monitoring 2 volunteers 160
Campground Hosts 11 volunteer 960
Candlelight Events 5 volunteers 15
Naturalist Programs 75 volunteers 537
Prairie Restoration Efforts 15 volunteers 134
Resource Management Projects 247 volunteers 594
I Can Series 8 volunteers 91
Other 42 volunteers 237
Hours
405 volunteers 2728
THANK YOU
To all of the volunteers and partnering organizations who donated their time and talents
to Whitewater State Park in 2014!