Volunteer Forms
Volunteer Materials
APIPP organizes a number of different volunteer efforts in order to detect key invasive species and protect Adirondack lakes, forests, and local communities. Below are tipsheets, recorded webinars, data sheets, and other documents volunteers need to carry out important conservation activities.
Lake Protector Corps (Summer 2021)
GENERAL VOLUNTEER RESOURCES
- Adirondack Lake Adoption Map (Available until Fall 2021)
- 2021 Lake Protector Corps Volunteer Manual (Updated for 2021)
- Lake Survey Protocol (Updated for 2021)
- Invasive Species ID Cards (Updated for 2021)
- Workshop Slides - Part 1: Species Identification
- Workshop Slides - Part 2: Citizen Science Survey Methods
2021 TRAINING VIDEOS
DATA RECORDING AND REPORTING TOOLS
IF USING PAPER DATA SHEETS
- 2021 Lake Monitoring Data Sheets (to print and fill out for every individual lake survey)
- 2021 AIS Observation Data Sheet (to print and fill out during surveys ONLY when aquati invasive species are observed)
- Microsoft Form Link (for entering your analogue data online when back from the field)
IF DOWNLOADING AND USING DIGITAL TOOLS IN THE FIELD
- Sign up for iMapInvasives Online (find your Person ID # and sign up for Project name "APIPP Volunteer Lake Survey Project")
- Download Survey 123 Field App for Android, iPhone (or GPS enabled tablet)
- Download Simple Aquatic Survey (Use the device enabled with Survey 123 Field App)
- Tipsheets for signing up for iMapInvasives
- Tipsheets for downloading and navigating Simple Aquatic Survey
KNOTWEED COORDINATORS (SPRING-SUMMER 2021)
- TNC "Other Volunteer Opportunity" Form
- Annual Volunteer Waiver to Sign and Return
- Volunteer “Job Description”
- Volunteer "Cheat Sheet"
- Recording of 2021 Spring Adirondack Knotweed Volunteer Kick-Off (May 2021)
- Know Your Knotweed - Species ID and Management Training (August 2020)
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Hunting (March - April 2021)
Learn all about Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) and how to scout for these harmful forest pests in APIPP's recorded webinars:
- Part 1: Take Action Against HWA - Identification and Ecosystem Impacts in the Adirondacks
- Part 2: Take Action Against HWA - Learn How to Hunt HWA
- Adirondack HWA Survey Protocol
- Adirondack Trail Adoption Map (available through April 15th 2021)
- Presentation PDFs: Part 1 is available here, Part 2 is available here
Tips for Using iMapInvasives
- How to Set Up iMapInvasives Mobile App (Tipsheet)
- How to Create Observations Using iMapInvasives (Tipsheet)
- Self Guided Training Page from NY iMapInvasives (External Resource Library)
- Exploring iMapInvasives - Protecting the Adirondacks through Citizen Science (Recorded Webinar)
- Target Invasive Species List (PRISM-wide)