The Stanley Park Ecology Society regularly provides snacks for volunteers and some program participants who work outdoors. In an effort to provide environmentally sustainable snacks, we no longer wish to use ready-made store bought cookies. Therefore we are looking for one or two volunteers who will come into our office in Stanley Park once or twice a month and bake approximately 200 cookies. All kitchen facilities, supplies, ingredients and recipes will be provided. Recipe suggestions are always welcome.

Looking for a great place to volunteer this summer with a fun group of people? Want to learn interesting new skills and help with an important cause? Consider volunteering for Eco Rangers, one of SPES’s most successful and enduring programs.

Eco Rangers is open to volunteers aged 16 and up. In the summer months, Eco Rangers work in pairs as roving naturalists in the park, answering visitors' questions about local animals and plants, and providing other important on-the-spot interpretation. These volunteers are intensively trained on the Park’s wildlife, plants and cultural history, as well as in interpretive skills. As Stanley Park guides, Eco Rangers provide visitors with a more meaningful experience of the park.

Bird counts are undertaken by SPES staff and volunteers on Lost Lagoon and Beaver Lake each month. A great volunteer position for all skill levels of birders. More experienced volunteers help beginners in a welcoming, team-training environment. Other bird monitoring programs, such as beached bird monitoring and point count surveys, become available seasonally and as positions open up.

Ivy Busters is a conservation program developed by the Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) that works with the community to remove a destructive invasive species, English Ivy from Stanley Park, and eventually to restore reclaimed areas with native vegetation.

Enthusiastic volunteers gather for a fun-filled morning to manually remove ivy from the forest ecosystem where it is most needed.  Our studies show that ivy can spread at a rate of one metre per year, and without further intervention it could one day take over all of the vegetation in Stanley Park!  There is hope however with concerned volunteers like yourself willing to work to preserve the natural diversity of such a unique urban forest, we can make a difference and preserve our native species diversity.