Hours are flexible but volunteers should plan on devoting 6-12 hours to OakWell. OakWell A scout circles a neighborhood's blocks making a rough count of the oaks on each block. The count helps us estimate the time required to survey the block. A bicycle is best for most blocks, but walking works for high-traffic areas and driving is OK where oaks are sparse. Scouting is a good job for one person or a team of two.
Scouts choose their hours and neighborhoods.
Training takes a couple of hours, less if you can identify oaks. Surveying for OakWell Surveyors conduct detailed inventories of blocks that have oaks. One person can survey, but teams of two or three are better. A survey spotter has a good eye for coast live and valley oaks, and is a good estimator of trunk diameter. Patience and decisiveness are good attributes of all surveyors.