The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will provide inspection sheets, clipboards, ladder, and any tools as needed. Annual maintenance, repair, and cleaning of Wood Duck nesting structures. Typically, the Wood Duck nesting boxes are to be inspected in November of any given year. Work will consist of cleaning old nest material from the boxes, refilling the boxes with fresh material, conducting minor repairs to existing boxes and installing new boxes where the old ones are beyond field repair. The boxes are located in and around creeks, ponds, and marsh type areas.
Participants are likely to get somewhat wet and work in possibly muddy areas.
The boxes are all located within 10 miles of each other. All work is completed under the guidance of a park ranger at Tionesta Lake. Ability to carry nesting box filler and ladders over uneven and potentially slippery ground for various distances. Participants will be enrolled as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers volunteers. Participants will be expected to provide their own transportation to the various nesting box sites.