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

Tree Planting

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!