I have volunteered to help with the St Michael's Preserve, very close to us.  340 acres, it used to be owned by the Catholic Church who had an orphanage there.  That was closed down in the 1970's and, according to some ex-pupils, it was 'not a happy place'.
But we, the new volunteers, had a good walk around with Bill Flemer who is the site manager, and learned about the seed plans, the problems with deer (too many of the buggers), the plans for clearing away invasive vegetation, the difficulties with dealing with bureaucrats and managers, and our role in helping with all that.  Starting on 15 March, working every Thursday morning under Bill's supervision.  I have also offered to help out on an ad-hoc basis if he needs to do something that requires two men.

Whilst we were there, a flock of a couple of hundred geese rose into the sky, honking away.  Unusually, they were a mixture of Snow and Canadian geese and it was fascinating to see the flock break up into small groups and head off in different directions, only broadly northwards.