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Boise Fire Department
Boise Police Department
Boise Police Department
Boise WaterShed Environmental Education Center
Behind-the-Scenes Projects and Support
Individuals are invited to help with lesson preparation and basic behind the scenes tasks in an effort to help us prepare for school groups, events and programming. Gather supplies for lessons, organize or re-shelf library books, prepare craft supplies, etc.
Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Education Steward
Assist center staff in the classroom with large school or daycare groups. No teaching experience necessary.
Help manage large groups, leading pre-determined activities and assisting the educator with various tasks tasks during a lesson.
Monday thru Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. depending on the reservation schedule.
Landscaping and Facility Project Support
Groups or individuals are invited to help the Boise WaterShed with projects to beautify, maintain, or improve our outdoor River Campus, classrooms, interactive trail or other area that may need some work.
Opportunities will begin again this Spring weather permitting.
Caring for Parks
City Nature Challenge
The City Nature Challenge is an annual global celebration of biodiversity during which communities across the globe document wild plants and animals in their communities using the iNaturalist app. This year, the event takes place between April 30 and May 3rd. Participants can submit observations of wild plants and animals from anywhere in Boise anytime during the four day time frame. How many species can you find?
Click the "Schedule an Observation" link to sign up to contribute data from your favorite park or open space.
For more information go to https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-boise-area
Volunteers must review the City of Boise Volunteer Handbook to participate.
Community Science Programs
Boise parks are home to all types of wildlife which have a lot to teach us about our natural world. Boise Parks and Recreation works hard to provide safe spaces for our local wildlife to live, which not only includes habitat preservation but also tracking their activity to determine how they are doing. This is partially achieved through a number of citizen science programs that engage Boiseans in collecting scientific data, which is ultimately shared with national science programs. If you love to commune with nature and want to learn more about the natural world, then these programs are right up your ally.
On-going Programs
For those looking for more of a commitment, we offer a range of opportunities that are seasonally based or year-long.
Office of the City Clerk
Boise City Hall
Volunteer positions which are at (or based at) Boise City Hall, 150 N Capitol Boulevard.
Open Space Division
Open Space
The City of Boise Open Space Reserves are a diverse group of protected properties, each of which represents significant ecological, historical, recreational or cultural value to our community. Together they form strong connections to our natural environment and are worthy of lasting conservation. Simply stated, our open space reserves are the special places we go to reflect, to play, to learn and to live.
Ridge to Rivers
The Ridge to Rivers partnership consists of the City of Boise, Ada County, the Bureau of Land Management Four Rivers Field Office, the Boise National Forest and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The Partnership exists under a multi-agency Memorandum of Understanding, with the City of Boise serving as the lead agency.
