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1. Be advised that it can take up to 7 business days for your application to be reviewed, followed-up with (if necessary), and accepted or declined. We do our best to meet this timeframe and appreciate your patience.
2. Submitting your application does not mean you have been accepted to a project. We will do our best to process applications in a timely manner. We do not process applications when our offices are closed (weekends and holidays), and it is possible for your application to be waitlisted if the project becomes full.
3. If you are new to Wilderness Volunteers or if you are applying for a challenging project, expect a call or email from our staff. We have a 15-20 minute chat to review what to expect on a Wilderness Volunteers project, answer questions, and ensure that the project you’ve applied for is a good match.
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: Mojave National Preserve, CA
Active: ~3 mile daily hikes
Front country: Dispersed tent or car camping
Continuing a multi-year effort in partnership with Mojave National Preserve, join us for a week of invasive plant removal (Sahara Mustard).
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Strenuous: 5-8 mile daily hikes with ~1000′ elevation change
Front country: Tent camping near cars
Join us for a week of trail maintenance (brushing, drain clearing, and trail delineation) along the Lost Palm Oasis Trail within Joshua Tree National Park.
Location: Juniper Basin, Saguaro NP (east)
Challenging. Backpacking with some support; ~6.9 mi. w/ 3000’ gain
Backcountry. Tent camping.
This project will take down historic grazing fences in the region of one of the backcountry campgrounds, Juniper Basin, which sits at 6000 ft elevation in the Rincon Mountains.
Location: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Strenuous. ~3 mile daily hikes
Front country: dispersed tent camping
Join us at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument as we help remediate visitor impacts on GSENM along popular recreation corridors.
Location: City of Rocks National Reserve, ID
Active: 1-2 mile daily hikes
Front country: Tent or car camping in a designated campground
Help create a defensible space against wildfires & construct fencing to deter the vandalism of the federally protected Register Rock & Camp Rock (containing signatures from emigrants traveling nearly 200 years ago).
Location: Portal Trail, UT
Strenuous. ~5 mile hike daily.
Front country. Tent camping near cars.
Take in expansive views of the Moab Valley working on the Portal trail including, fencing, signage, trail work, & more.
Location: Kountze, TX
Active. Daily hikes up to 3 miles
Front country: structured housing at a field research station
New project alert! We’re headed to Big Thicket National Preserve to help preserve the imperiled iconic longleaf pine savannah ecosystem!
Location: Dolores, CO
Strenuous. Up to 5 mi. daily.
Front country. Dispersed tent/car camping.
This is a medium elevation project: 5,000′-7,000′
Help close social trails, maintain trail drainage, reestablish trail tread, and brush the Sand Canyon Trails System.
This project is sponsored in loving memory and honor of Norman Goree Kittrell III, who loved hiking, Colorado, and “giving back”.
Location: Dark Canyon Wilderness, UT
Strenuous. 2-5 mile daily hikes
Front country. Dispersed tent/car camping
This is a high-elevation project: ~8,300+ ft.
Give back to Bears Ears National Monument as we reroute a portion of the Peavine Trail for better usage.
Location: Buffalo Gap National Grassland, SD
Strenuous. ~2-3 miles daily
Front country: dispersed tent camping near cars
This project is open to women only. Our project will focus on closing and naturalizing unsanctioned campsites in the Pinnacles dispersed camping area, including building fencing, signage, and seeding.
Location: Buffalo Gap National Grassland, SD
Strenuous. ~2-3 miles daily
Front country: dispersed tent camping near cars
This project is open to women only. Our project will focus on closing and naturalizing unsanctioned campsites in the Pinnacles dispersed camping area, including building fencing, signage, and seeding.
Location: Kingsley Township, PA
Strenuous. Daily 4-mile hikes
Front country: tent camping near cars
We’re stoked to return to the iconic North Country National Scenic Trail. We’ll spend the week working on at least 4 projects varying trailwork projects in the Allegheny National Forest.
Location: Mattole, CA
Strenuous. Daily hikes up to 4 miles each day
Front country. Tent camping in a designated campground
Help keep the resident elephant seal colony near the Punta Gorda Lighthouse safe by helping repair drainage issues along the Lost Coast Trail between Fourmile Creek and Willow Creek.
Location: Arco, ID
Strenuous. 5-7 miles daily on rugged, volcanic terrain
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground
This project would start a systematic approach to gridding pre-determined areas to find & document potential caves for further exploration and study.
Location: Three Rivers, CA
Strenuous. Daily hikes of 3-6 miles
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground
This is a high-elevation project: 6,000+ ft.
Help improve and preserve several iconic meadows through invasive plant removal.
Location: Lincoln, NH
Strenuous. Daily hikes from 1-8 miles RT w/ 500’-1000’ gain
Front country: dispersed tent/car camping
Help restore naturalize and restore various user-created trails returning them to an undisrupted state in the heart of the White Mountain National Forest.
Location: Meeks Bay, CA
Challenging. ~4 mile hike to 7400’. Daily hikes of 3-4 miles RT
Backpacking without support. Tent camping
This is a high-elevation project: 7,000′-7,700′ ft.
Help rebuild the Meeks Ridge Trail to connect the west shore of Lake Tahoe to Desolation Wilderness.
Location: Denali National Park & Preserve, AK
Strenuous. Daily hikes of ~4 miles
Front country: camping in huts with amenities
Spend the week working with the Denali National Park Trail Crew taking on trail maintenance around the park.
Location: Mineral, CA
Challenging. 4 mi backpack in. Daily hikes of 4-6 mi RT
Backpacking: unsupported, tent camping
This is a medium elevation project: ~5500 ft.
Join us for a week on invasive plant removal in neglected Wilderness areas.
Location: Great Basin National Park, NV
Strenuous. Daily hikes of ~6 mi w/ 1900′ gain
Front country: Tent camping in a designated campground
This is a high-elevation project: 7000′-10,000′ ft.
Give back to this iconic national park through a week of trail maintenance and construction!
Location: 1000 Island Lake, CA
Challenging. Backpack in ~7 miles with 2000′ gain. Daily hikes of ~2 miles RT
Backpacking with support.
This is a high-elevation project: 9000′-10500’+
Help the USFS replace a deteriorating and broken footlog crossing in the breathtaking high Sierras.
Location: Hanover, NH
Strenuous. Up to 4 miles daily. Bushwhacking.
Front country: structured housing (cabins)
Join a very unique project: the AT survey crew! We will clear brush with loppers, repaint yellow blazes on trees, replace US Boundary signs, and record the condition of metal survey markers on the trail corridor.
Location: Mammoth Cave, KY
Strenuous. 3-5 mile daily hikes
Front country: accommodation type TBD
Come along for a week of trail rehabilitation, cemetery maintenance, cave restoration, road & river cleanups, & assisting NPS sawyers!
Location: Lakes Basin Management Area, OR
Challenging. A 7.5 mi backpack w/ 2500′ gain. Daily hikes of 2-6 miles w/ 1500′ gain
Backpacking with pack support. Tent camping
This is a medium/high elevation project: 5,500′-7,500′
Spend a week in the Lakes Basin Management Area in the Eagle Cap Wilderness completing a wide variety of trail maintenance projects!
Location: Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
Strenuous.~5 miles daily
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground
This is a high-elevation project: 7000′-9500′ ft.
This project will include various vegetation management tasks throughout Bryce Canyon National Park ranging from boundary fence repair to seed collection.
Location: Vesuvius Recreation Area, OH
Strenuous. ~5 miles daily
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground
Ohio is calling and Wayne National Forest needs your help! Volunteer for a week in the Ironton Ranger District as we take on trail maintenance, cleaning drainage features, tread maintenance, weed eating, and pruning the trail corridor.
Location: Superior National Forest, MN
Challenging. Backpacking, portaging, canoeing experience, etc.
Backpacking via canoes.
This unique and challenging project will focus on improving the condition of the portage trails, taking place in the northeast section of the Sioux Hustler hiking trail.
Location: Glen Jean, WV
Strenuous. ~4-mile daily hikes
Front country: camping in a designated campground or a dormitory camp (TBD)
Visit West Virginia’s stunning New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and spend the week working on various trail maintenance projects in the park.
Location: Superior National Forest, MN
Challenging. Backpacking, portaging, canoeing experience, etc.
Backpacking via canoes.
The challenging project will focus on backcountry trail and canoe portage maintenance in the iconic Boundary Waters!
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Strenuous. 5-6 mi daily hikes
Front country: dispersed tent/car camping
This is a medium-elevation project: 5,700+ ft.
Help improve Pronghorn travel, fawning areas & refuge areas by removing & crushing tumbleweeds from along a fenceline.
Location: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Strenuous. ~3 mile daily hikes
Front country: dispersed tent camping
Join us at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument as we help remediate visitor impacts on GSENM along popular recreation corridors and treat Russian olive in the Escalante River Watershed.
Location: Canyonlands National Park
Strenuous. 6-10 mi daily w/ 500’ change
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground
Jump in for a week of trail maintenance with access to countless canyons & fantastically formed buttes.
Location: Moab, UT
Strenuous. ~6 mile daily hikes
Front country. Tent camping in a designated campground
This project continues the work of managing tamarisk in priority sections of Courthouse Wash, and removing trees or resprouts in past management areas.
Location: Black Hills National Forest, SD
Strenuous. 4.7 mi w/ ~2,300′
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground
This is a leader training project is open to women only. Join us for a week of trail maintenance & downed tree removal near Black Elk Peak, South Dakota’s highest point.
Location: Gold Butte National Monument, NV
Strenuous. ~ 3-4-mi hike RT daily.
Front country. Dispersed tent camping near cars.
Volunteer your time to this compelling and rich National Monument with projects like signage installation and maintenance, invasive removal, and restoration efforts on closed motorized trails.
Location: City of Rocks National Reserve, ID
Strenuous: 2-3 miles daily, building new trail
Front country: Tent or car camping in a designated campground
Be a part of history & help build new trails on recently acquired land in the City of Rocks National Reserve!
Location: Saguaro National Park (east), AZ
Strenuous. ~2 miles daily.
Front country. Dispersed tent camping.
Save the Saguaros by removing problematic invasive buffelgrass and fountain grass! We’ll also work on removing fencing.
Location: Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
Strenuous. Up to 2-mile one-way hikes carrying/lifting fencing materials
Front country: tent camping near cars in a secured refuge compound
Join the 18+ year effort to remove old barbed-wire fences in cooperation with volunteers from Friends of Buenos Aires NWR.
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