Watershed Restoration on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
This March we'll be partnering with Altar Valley Conservation Alliance (AVCA), Friends of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, and Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR) for continued watershed restoration work. We had the opportunity to speak with Julia...
Planting the Seed for a Lifetime of Adventure
When I was a kid, growing up in northern Illinois, most of my friends went on vacation to the Wisconsin Dells (a water park just a few hours north) or to more exotic places like Disneyworld in Florida. For me, family vacation was always South Dakota: the Black Hills...
2023 Project Spotlight: City of Rocks National Reserve
We're ecstatic to be returning to the City of Rocks National Reserve (CoRNR) in southern Idaho. We first partnered with the City of Rocks National Reserve in 2021 for a successful project. Most folks haven't heard of City of Rocks, however, it's fairly accessible from...
Qualified Charitable Distributions from an IRA
Qualified Charitable Distributions from an IRA Did you know that, if you are at least 70½ years old, you can make tax-free charitable donations directly from your IRA? By making what's called a qualified charitable distribution (QCD), you can benefit your favorite...
The 2022 Wilderness Volunteers Photo Contest
2022 is a big year for Wilderness Volunteers: we're celebrating our 25th anniversary, we're back in the field full force, and we have a lot of great things simmering for 2023. One of our favorite community activities is the annual photo contest that we're stoked to...
A Case for Deseret Wilderness: the Stansbury Crest Trail
In late July, Wilderness Volunteers will head into the Deseret Peak Wilderness for a week of trail work. To learn more about the story and need behind this particular project, Matthew Hales (MH) from the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest was kind enough to paint a...
The Battle with Buffelgrass
Since 2009, Wilderness Volunteers has coordinated over ten projects with Saguaro National Park in southern Arizona. Through perusing the photo galleries from our Saguaro National Park project, you'll observe that job scope and site locations may change, but the focus...
Please Support Wilderness Volunteers
2021 has been quite the year for Wilderness Volunteers! Despite the ongoing pandemic and tremendous wildfire season, we have successfully navigated a leadership transition and a safe and successful project season. Support from people like you was essential to...
Wilderness Volunteers Welcomes a New Executive Director
Dear Wilderness Volunteers community, Following a months-long nationwide search, the Wilderness Volunteers Board of Directors is excited to announce the hiring of Carrie Henderson as Wilderness Volunteers’ next Executive Director. Carrie will begin her duties and...
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Wilderness Volunteers is cultivating a passion for Wilderness! We are a national nonprofit organizing volunteers for stewardship projects in cooperation with public land agencies across the USA.