| Members of Friends of Noxubee Refuge who enjoy spending time at the Refuge and meeting people with similar interests should consider becoming members of the group of volunteers who staff the Visitor Center. Expertise is acquired while training with experienced volunteers. The working environment is outstanding, and volunteers meet visitors from around the country and the world. If this sounds interesting to you, please contact Barbara Crawford at 662-323-2514. |
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| Saturdays at the Refuge July 4 CANOEING AT BLUFF LAKE July 18 Introduction to Mississippi’s Edible and Other Mushrooms August 1 Meteorology August 15 TBA September 5 Fun with Plants September 19 Nature Photography for Kids & Teens October 3 National Wildlife Refuge Week Event click here for more information about each event |
| Noxubee Refuge Youth Fishing Event |
Who are all these new people?
If your curiosity has been piqued by the group of young people on the
refuge in khakis and gray shirts, they are a team from AmeriCorps NCCC
(National Civilian Community Corps).
They will be on the refuge assisting us through the first week of July.
AmeriCorps members dedicate ten months of their life going around the
country doing community service through the Department of Health and
Human Services.
After completing the program, they will get an educational award that they
can use to go to school or pay off some of their college debt. This is the
team’s last project. Previously, the team worked with FEMA in Texas
helping with Hurricane Ike relief effort and the Denver Public Schools
tutoring elementary school students in an attempt to improve their
standardized test scores.
The team has already been on the Refuge three weeks and has worked on
a variety of projects. Week one they worked on boundary lines with Bobby
Gentry. They have helped with habitat restoration, made new signs, cut out
bluebird boxes, painted fences, and are currently helping reroof several
Refuge buildings.
So far they seem to be enjoying themselves. I’ve seen them on the trails
(even on their time off!) with bird books in hand, trying to identify the birds.
One of the girls, Avery Doninger from Connecticut, even told me, “This is
an amazing place. The Refuge is so beautiful, and it’s a really great project
to cap my year with AmeriCorps. Thank you.”
We’re very lucky to have them; so if you see them around, don’t hesitate to
say hello!
If your curiosity has been piqued by the group of young people on the
refuge in khakis and gray shirts, they are a team from AmeriCorps NCCC
(National Civilian Community Corps).
They will be on the refuge assisting us through the first week of July.
AmeriCorps members dedicate ten months of their life going around the
country doing community service through the Department of Health and
Human Services.
After completing the program, they will get an educational award that they
can use to go to school or pay off some of their college debt. This is the
team’s last project. Previously, the team worked with FEMA in Texas
helping with Hurricane Ike relief effort and the Denver Public Schools
tutoring elementary school students in an attempt to improve their
standardized test scores.
The team has already been on the Refuge three weeks and has worked on
a variety of projects. Week one they worked on boundary lines with Bobby
Gentry. They have helped with habitat restoration, made new signs, cut out
bluebird boxes, painted fences, and are currently helping reroof several
Refuge buildings.
So far they seem to be enjoying themselves. I’ve seen them on the trails
(even on their time off!) with bird books in hand, trying to identify the birds.
One of the girls, Avery Doninger from Connecticut, even told me, “This is
an amazing place. The Refuge is so beautiful, and it’s a really great project
to cap my year with AmeriCorps. Thank you.”
We’re very lucky to have them; so if you see them around, don’t hesitate to
say hello!
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