San Diego Proximity to the Ocean and Mild Year-round Make It a Great Place to Observe Nature -- Both in the Wild, and In Captivity.

San Diego is famous for the San Diego Zoo, Scripps Institute, SeaWorld, as well as for its abundance of natural beauty.

Charming seaside towns with stretches of free beaches flourish -- welcoming natives and visitors alike with festivals, farmers markets and some rather inexpensive restaurants. 

San Diego Zoo "Meerkat" Volunteers must be member of Zoological Society and pay a $20 fee first year.... but are needed for a wide variety of interesting jobs in both the Zoo and the Wild Animal Park.

Get an "insider's look" into San Diego's "wildlife" worlds: zoo, aquarium, and state parks... by volunteering.

Birch Aquarium at Scripps "... As a volunteer at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps, you can provide ocean science education as docents, classroom aides and tide pool presenters. You can interpret Scripps research by helping to construct new exhibits and by answering visitor questions about the museum, and promote ocean conservation by encouraging respect for tide pool animals at our discovery station and narrating our kelp tank dive show...."

Cabrillo National Monument's Annual Whale Watch Weekend and Intertidal Life Festival " Barnacles and Blowholes!!!... Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to explore the tidepools of Cabrillo NM and observe tidepool inhabitants such as sea anemones, sea hares, and hermit crabs, and to witness the return migration of the magnificent Pacific gray whale en route from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico. The event will include authors, researchers, and educators who will discuss the latest information concerning Pacific gray whales and intertidal (tidepool) life, a film about whales, and a puppet show, ever popular with children." Volunteer activites at Cabrillo NM

California State Park volunteer opportunities

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