Found­ing chair­man from 1992 to 1998 was Dr. Hel­mut Gille, Thomas Berg has been CEO since 1998. The Asso­ci­a­tion of Friends of the Ger­man-Pol­ish Euro­pean Nation­al Park Low­er Oder Val­ley has full mem­bers, as well as a large num­ber of friends and sup­port­ers who feel con­nect­ed to nature con­ser­va­tion in gen­er­al and the Low­er Oder Val­ley in par­tic­u­lar and sup­port the nature con­ser­va­tion work of the asso­ci­a­tion in a vari­ety of ways . This includes finan­cial dona­tions and bequests, as well as assis­tance in word and deed. There are many oppor­tu­ni­ties for friends and spon­sors to vol­un­teer. They range from the activ­i­ty of the excur­sion leader to the sup­port of biotope-set­ting mea­sures such as the cre­ation of trees and the main­te­nance of dry lawns to the super­vi­sion of nest­ing aids and the con­trol of the con­trac­tu­al nature con­ser­va­tion. In addi­tion to prac­ti­cal activ­i­ties in the field, admin­is­tra­tive work in the office or sup­port in envi­ron­men­tal edu­ca­tion, i.e. when work­ing with chil­dren, is help­ful and desirable.

The Nation­al Park Asso­ci­a­tion is there­fore a par­tic­i­pa­to­ry asso­ci­a­tion, where every­one in extreme­ly flat hier­ar­chies can take respon­si­bil­i­ty for them­selves, but in a com­mu­ni­ty of like-mind­ed peo­ple, the work and tasks that they per­son­al­ly enjoy and that cor­re­spond to their abil­i­ties and incli­na­tions. The asso­ci­a­tion not only offers an inte­gra­tion into the spe­cif­ic nature con­ser­va­tion work on site tai­lored to the wish­es and inter­ests of the friends and spon­sors, but with its nation­al park get-togeth­ers and its reg­u­lar, com­pre­hen­sive writ­ten infor­ma­tion also a thor­ough par­tic­i­pa­tion in the prob­lems and progress of nature con­ser­va­tion work. The asso­ci­a­tion is open to new friends and spon­sors and would be hap­py to wel­come you to the Low­er Oder Val­ley at the next opportunity.