2024 CALVERT STEWARDS SUMMARY

We had 112 volunteers record 7,785 hours in 2024 significantly more hours than in 2023 (5,940 hours). The dollar value of our volunteers was $272,282. The hourly value of volunteers was calculated at $34.99. (https://independentsector.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/is-vovt-report-all-years_v2-1.pdf)

In 2023, we began tracking internship hours through Galaxy Digital, in 2024, the four seasonal interns and the two mini-interns tracked 1,491 hours.

Wildlife Rescue volunteers logged the most hours (1,450)and drove 44,703 miles! That’s equivalent to driving from Prince Frederick to Los Angeles and back more than seven times.

2024 Parks & Recreation Volunteer Report

EDUCATION AND VOLUNTEER NATURALIST PROJECTS

• School Groups
• Internship
• Nature Discovery Programs

Stewardship

• Animal Care
• Wildlife Rescue
• Battle Creek Garden
• Flag Ponds Nature Park Maintenance
• Kings Landing Park Maintenance
• Service Projects

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• FrogWatch USA 
• iNaturalist Projects
• Orchids of Calvert County
• Red-backed Salamander Study 
• Salt Watch
• Izaak Walton League's Annual Salt Watch Report

Birds

• Barn Owl Project
• Bluebird Council
• M.A.P.S.
• MOTUS
• Prothonotary Warbler Nest Box Project
• Raptor Road Survey
• Raptor Trapping
• Wood Duck Box Initiative 
• Farmland Raptor Project: Barn Owl Conservation Plan

Invertebrates

• Odonata: Dragonflies and Damselflies 
• Monarch Project