Interested in Joining the Native Plant Salvage Foundation Board ?
The Native Plant Salvage Foundation (NPSF) is actively seeking new members to serve on its board of directors. Our job as a board is to support the efforts of the Native Plant Salvage Project, which is a program of WSU Extension Thurston County. Our collaborative work is entirely supported by local contributions, grants and contract work. Our mission is to provide hands-on education to protect and conserve water resources and habitat from the South Sound prairies to the shores of the Salish Sea. Due to the nature of our board's efforts, in-person time investment in our community with its local eco-system is a critical component for our board members.
Through field projects and educational activities we work to restore vegetation, re-create habitat, and preserve existing flora. Other focuses are our two semi-annual community native plant sales and our schedule of plant-identification and ecology field courses. Our board of 6-9 people strives to have effective organizational planning for our field projects and educational activities, ensures that our activities adhere to our purpose and mission, and provides community outreach and fiscal oversight.
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It takes a wide variety of skills to run an effective nonprofit board. On our current board we have an employee of the Capitol Land Trust, a retired fisheries biologist, two retired computer engineers, a scientist with the Department of Natural Resources, a retired educator and a current WA Native Plant Society plant steward, a wellness instructor and business owner, a program developer, and a plant propagator. What we all have in common is our passion for learning and teaching the public about native plants and their important role in habitat enhancement and conservation, as well as nurturing these plants so that the community can adopt them for their own habitats.
Do you have any of the following desired skill sets?
Finance and Accounting
Communications: community outreach, social media, tech skills, websites
Strategic planning: event organizing, volunteer management
Nursery operations, horticulture, native plant stewardship
Ecological restoration
Education
Botany, other environmental sciences
Fix it/handy-person skills
Governance, organizational health, leadership
As a board member, you are expected to attend our monthly board meeting (10 months/year), get involved in a committee or board related project, volunteer at our nursery or plant sales, help with educational events and salvage activities, and promote our organization in the wider community. There is no set time commitment, each board member gives what they can. Board terms are for two years, starting each June, and can be extended. Our board meetings are often on Zoom, but in the summer we try to meet in person.
If you would like to learn more and have a conversation with a NPSF Board member, please write to secretary@nativeplantsalvage.org.
If you are interested in applying to the NPSF Board, please complete the form linked below:
We are accepting applications until May 22, 2024. We look forward to hearing from you.