Giving Something Back
Since 1997
Wilderness Volunteers has been providing affordable and meaningful volunteer service opportunities that conserve and protect America’s wild lands since 1997. Working in cooperation with the US Forest Service, National Park Service, the BLM, the US Fish & Wildlife Service and others, you’ll be inspired and invigorated when you see how much a group can accomplish in a few days.
Upcoming Projects
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Location: Online class
This hybrid Leader Training Course is a self-paced online program in addition to a Wilderness Volunteers project of the student’s choice to complete the training. If you’re interested in becoming a Wilderness Volunteers project leader, please email us at info@wildernessvolunteers.
Location: Northern Virginia
Strenuous. ~6 mi daily hikes
Front Country: tent camping at a designated campground
Join us this May to support the essential, behind-the-scenes trail maintenance needed to sustain Shenandoah National Park’s 500 miles of trails.
Location: Mammoth Cave, KY
Strenuous. ~5 mile daily hikes
Front country: TBD; either structured housing or designated campground.
This is a leader training project. Come along for a week of trail rehabilitation, cemetery maintenance, cave restoration, road & river cleanups, & assisting NPS sawyers!
This project is sponsored by Curtis Mobley and Ann Kruse in appreciation of their many years of leading WV projects.
Latest News
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2025 Wilderness Volunteers Photo Contest
We're excited to launch the Wilderness Volunteers 2025 Photo Contest! Grab a beverage, cozy up on the couch, and start looking through your 2025 project photos! We have great prizes for the winners of some fun categories: All Things Work – Pictures depicting project...
Play a BIG Role on the 2025 Big Thicket National Preserve project!
This April we’re heading to Southeast Texas for a new project: Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP). If you’re unfamiliar with Big Thicket National Preserve, let’s catch you up: BTNP was established on October 11, 1974 BTNP less than 2 hours away from downtown Houston...
2024 Wilderness Volunteers Photo Contest
It's time to revisit your camera rolls to find your best Wilderness Volunteers photos for our 2024 Photo Contest! We have great prizes for the winners of some fun categories: All Things Work - Pictures depicting project work, the tools used, hiking on the trail, etc.,...
