Here's an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and share your passion and knowledge with others. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is looking for volunteers to help with school field trips and other groups at the Great Salt Lake Nature Center at Farmington Bay. Here's the release:.

Teach Kids about WetlandsWithout Getting Your Feet Wet!Volunteers needed at Great Salt Lake Nature CenterFarmington — Do you love the great outdoors? Would you like to shareyour passion with others?A school field trip program at the Great Salt Lake Nature Center mightbe the perfect opportunity to do just that!Volunteers are needed to teach school children and other visitors aboutwildlife habitat and the importance of protecting it while guiding themalong the center's new 1.5 mile boardwalk.The boardwalk takes visitors through the middle of the area'swetlands.On Sept. 13, nature center staff will hold a training session for newvolunteers. The training will be held at the center from 9 a.m. to 11a.m. The center is at 1700 W. Glover Lane in Farmington.Justina Parsons-Bernstein, director of the nature center, says you canalso help teach workshops the center offers. "Animal tracks and sign,the wide variety of birds that use the Great Salt Lake, and the GreatSalt Lake ecosystem itself are among the topics you can help studentslearn," she says.If you'd like to attend the training, please RSVP toParsons-Bernstein by calling her at (801) 589-2373.If you can't attend the Sept. 13 training session, contactParsons-Bernstein to find out when the next training will be held.More information about the nature center, including directions to thecenter, are available at www.greatsaltlakenaturecenter.org.Seeing nature in a new wayThe recently completed 1.5 mile wheelchair-accessible boardwalk wasbuilt by the nature center's staff, volunteers, colleagues andpartners, including Utah Wildlife in Need, a non-profit wildlifefoundation. The trail passes over four types of habitat: emergentmarsh, riparian, upland and large ponds."The trail is beautiful," Parsons-Bernstein says. "And it'sincreased access and visitation to the 300-acre educational area nearthe nature center." Parsons-Bernstein says the nature center's field trip and workshopprogram helps 4,000 students and 500 Boy Scouts see nature in a new wayevery year. "And they learn to see nature in a new way in one of themost dynamic and beautiful natural areas in Utah," she says.