Audubon Pennsylvania and the Presque Isle Audubon Society are accepting volunteers to help with a work day March 23 at Gull Point on Presque Isle State Park.

Volunteers must preregister by e-mail to Sarah Sargent at ssargent@audubon.org. Plan to meet at the Beach 10 parking lot, near the Gull Point trailhead, at 9 a.m., and to work until noon. Dress for the weather, and wear footwear suitable for the hike to the point.

New access trails to the relocated observation platform are being established. Posts and signs will be installled and rope strung between them from the boundary trail to the platform. “Area closed” posts will be placed around the point, facing Lake Erie, to alert boaters not to land. The Pennsylvania Game Commission also will provide signage.

Gull Point access is restricted each year between April 1 and Nov. 30 because of the area’s importance to birds during migration and nesting seasons.

Volunteers are invited to join Presque Isle State Park naturalists March 16 to explore and clean up Gull Point Natural Area before seasonal access closes April 1.

The work crew will clean the shoreline and trails from 9 a.m. to noon so migratory shorebirds have a pristine habitat to rest and feed during their migration season.

Registration is required; call Stacey Marendt at (814) 833-7424. Service hours are available.

The Gull Point observation deck at Presque Isle State Park has been moved from its previous site farther inland and now stands closer to the water on a part of Gull Point that has had invasive plant species removed. According to the park’s plans, the bare sandy ground surrounding the tower will regrow with native species that were overgrown with the invasive species. ANDY COLWELL/Erie Times-News file photo