Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities at Bodega Marine Laboratory

A docent leads a tour of attendees on a public tour of the Bodega Marine Lab, showing them an outdoor exhibit that features common intertidal creatures.

Become A Docent

Join our team of volunteer docents and help others learn about the research happening at the Bodega Marine Laboratory.

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Side by side images of purple urchins, opened and showing an empty urchin on the left and an urchin full of golden uni on the right

Aquatic Resources Group

Volunteer Opportunities include husbandry of a wide range of marine biota for science and public education.

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A close up of a rockfish shown in profile. It's coloring is a mottled mix of copper, gold, black, and white.

California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program

We fish within and just outside of MPAs to evaluate their effectiveness as a conservation tool for groundfishes.

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Cadet Hand Library

Cadet Hand Library

You can help support CHL and its mission as part of the library’s “data rescue” team!

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A foggy view of the Bodega Marine Reserve, with purple wildflowers in the foreground.

Bodega Marine Reserve

Help protect and manage the coastal prairie on Bodega Head.

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A large red abalone in a white tank with it's tentacles spread out from under the shell

Abalone and Benthic Invertebrates

Research Interests: Abalone fishery, ecology, and conservation

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Volunteering In Research Labs

To inquire about volunteer opportunities within BML Research Labs, please contact the PI directly.