Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park

Why And How To Participate

To join the Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park, apply online, print the membership form and mail to:

Membership Coordinator
Friends of Wakulla Springs
550 Wakulla Park Drive
Wakulla Springs, FL 32327-0390

Why Participate

Members of Friends of Wakulla Springs have a chance to learn what's happening with the park and participate in the protection and improvement of its natural and man made wonders. In the past 12 years, we supported the acquisition of more land to protect the aquifer; we've written grants that have conserved precious artwork in the lodge that was built in 1937 and replaced the lodge roof, remodeled the ticket office to include interpretive exhibits, landscaped and cleaned up trails.

If you don't or can't volunteer outdoors, there's always "indoor" work to be done.

Read more in the Friends of Wakulla Springs brochure.

How To Participate

To volunteer with the Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park,
please email the Volunteer Coordinator

As with many other volunteer organizations, Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park realizes that monetary contributions and membership dues keep our organization going. Yet it is the daily, monthly or bi-annual direct involvement at the park that nourishes our spirits. We all want you to experience the park in a different setting. Please look through the following types of activities. Maybe you will find something that appeals to you. If so, contact us, come to a board meeting on the first Wednesday monthly at 6:45 p.m. (at the lodge) and you will discover many friendly faces.

Environmental Awareness

We collect, research and gather factual information regarding the natural resources at Wakulla Springs State Park. We also prepare and plan hands-on programs that will evoke in the audience an emotional and intellectual response to these resources. We also prepare quarterly articles about the environmental issues at the park for use in newsletters and by members of other Friends committees, and to train Friends volunteers to give tours at the park.

Money Matters

We set financial goals, coordinate major giving campaigns and assure that Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park funds are invested for maximum profit.

Resource Management

Specific projects that involve the management of the park's natural resources are discussed with the park manager. Then we provide leadership in coordinating two or three annual work projects. These might include assisting in sinkhole cleanups, removal of invasive plants, training for prescribed burning, native plants revegetation.

Events/Fundraising

If you have a merchandising and marketing background you might take charge of the vending facility at the park's bathhouse to maximize the profitability of that space. We have lots of fun with our group, but we need to prepare an annual events calendar for the membership and the general public for board approval.

Interpretive Tours

Do you ever just walk around and stare at some huge moth? Or a huge tree and a lovely small flowering plant that adds to the charm of Wakulla Springs? We envision a group of volunteer tour guides who can share this wonder and who want to conduct 20-minute to 1-hour tours of Wakulla Springs State Park. The list of interpretive themes is almost as limitless as is a list of potential people who might want to take those tours.

Maintenance

There are those among us who love to tinker with engines, in fact with machinery of all kind. The park needs someone to organize a mechanical and construction team of volunteers that provides maintenance to the buildings, boats, grounds, and assists in the quarterly road cleanup.

Communications

We constantly are working on a Friends image that will expand the existing membership through a variety of media outlets. We also coordinate outreach efforts and a Friends park volunteer program. All our public relations efforts focus on Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park activities.

Membership

You may apply online or print the membership form and mail to: