Please Note: The 2020 Wildcount season has commenced and initial volunteer recruitment has been finalised. If you would like to be on the reserve list, please fill out the survey below, indicating your availability, and you may be contacted should a suitable week open up. You will also be added to the contact list for future volunteering opportunities with WildCount.  

WildCount is a broadscale monitoring program, established in 2012 to detect long-term changes in the distribution of common species such as wombats, possums and wallabies. From late February to June, volunteers assist staff monitoring 200 sites across the national parks and reserves of NSW. As a volunteer, you will have an opportunity to work alongside staff in remote places, rarely seen by visitors. Field trips run from Monday to Friday with all meals, motel-style accommodation and transport provided during the week. 

FIELD WORK INVOLVED
· Setting up motion-sensitive cameras
· Using GPS and other navigation tools
· Recording basic habitat and floristic data
· Following safety protocols 

VOLUNTEERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO
· Work in remote field locations, one on one with a NPWS staff member
· Have a good level of fitness
· Assist with carrying equipment
· Trek off-track through thick vegetation, up steep hills and over rough terrain, in all weather conditions
· Travel long distances and on remote dirt roads and four wheel drive tracks
· Stay away from home Monday to Friday
· Travel to meet the NPWS staff member at the start of the field week in Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle, Queanbeyan, Coffs Harbour or Armidale.