The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology is a volunteer, non-profit organization. Thanks to the efforts of our dedicated volunteers, the WSO has celebrated many accomplishments during our 80-year history, including coordinating the first and second Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlases, preserving and managing critical bird habitat on our Honey Creek Preserve, and inspiring generations of people to study, enjoy, and conserve Wisconsin’s birds.
The WSO is experiencing an exciting period of new growth and we are seeking volunteers to help us as we transform into a more effective advocate for bird conservation. We invite you to join us, lend your talents to our cause, and learn about Wisconsin’s birds and their conservation!
The following volunteer opportunities are currently open - click on the titles for detailed descriptions:
We are seeking an experienced editor to succeed the current editor of The Badger Birder, an 11-issue per year newsletter that covers WSO events and activities, conservation issues, and other bird-related news. Features may include conservation topics, committee reports, identification and birding tips, interesting bird sightings, and new-member profiles.
The Badger Birder welcomes articles from members, non-members, and partnering organizations. A primary responsibility of a volunteer editor will be soliciting and editing articles from contributors, as well as writing updates on the WSO’s ongoing activities and conservation campaigns.
The volunteer editor needs to be an engaged member of the state’s birding community and a member of WSO. He/she/they must be comfortable working on a deadline, communicating with a variety of constituents, and making editorial decisions concerning content and layout.
The current editor and designer both plan to retire in June of 2022 and would work with their successors to achieve a successful and seamless transition.
We are seeking someone with experience using Adobe InDesign to handle the design and layout of our monthly newsletter, The Badger Birder, beginning in June 2022.
The designer will work closely with the editor of The Badger Birder to create a 20-24 page monthly newsletter. The designer will need to be comfortable working on a deadline to implement the layout of the newsletter for digital and print distribution.
It is conceivable that a single person might feel capable of handling both the editing and layout jobs but would need to be aware that this is a significant volunteer commitment, but a very satisfying one.
The current editor and designer both plan to retire in June of 2022 and would work with their successors to achieve a successful and seamless transition.
We welcome articles from members, non-members, and partnering organizations for our monthly newsletter and quarterly journal.
If you are interested in writing for the monthly newsletter, please contact: BadgerBirder@wsobirds.org.
If you are interested in writing for our quarterly journal, please contact passengerpigeon@wsobirds.org.
If you are interested in any of these opportunities, or would like to help out in any other way, please take a few minutes to fill out our volunteer interest form below.