VOLUNTEERING AT PURTIS CREEK: Looking for a volunteer 
opportunity in East Texas...consider Purtis Creek State 
Park...details on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

If you like giving back to your community, and live near 
Purtis Creek State Park in east Texas, you're in luck.

04- We have volunteers that help us in many different ways here.

Mendy Davis is superintendent of the park, located in 
Eustace, just down the road from the Texas Freshwater 
Fisheries Center in Athens. Davis says Purtis Creek SP 
relies on volunteers.

12- Our park is not staffed to completely operate on its own. And, to 
be able to offer the interpretive programs that we provide here in the 
park, as well as the events, it requires additional outside assistance.

In addition to its onsite park host position, interested 
persons will discover a wide variety of volunteer 
opportunities available at the park.
 
25-We have other volunteer opportunities to come and assist with our 
interpretive programs. We teach basic canoe and kayaking...night 
sounds...night hikes...nature hikes. So, we have many volunteers who 
just join us for a specific hike that is something that they want to do. 
Or if they happen to have interest in birding. That's one area that we 
don't have anyone trained in at this time. So, we're looking for that 
birding person who wants to come out and lead a birdwatching hike for 
us.

Whether you're skilled in paddling, hiking, fishing, biking 
or birding you can share your knowledge with others at 
Purtis Creek State Park. Check out the volunteer page on 
the TPW website.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife, I'm Cecilia Nasti.






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