Location: Saguaro National Park (east), AZ
Strenuous. Pulling buffelgrass.
Front country. Dispersed tent camping.

Help eradicate the invasive buffelgrass and fountain grass! Spend 4 days in the desert digging out this problematic invasive as we continue to help to give natural vegetation a chance.

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Location: Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Strenuous: A max of 5-10 mile daily hikes with ~800′ elevation change
Front country: Tent camping near cars

Join us for a week of trail monitoring and maintenance (brushing, drain clearing, and trail delineation) along the California Riding and Hiking Trail within Joshua Tree National Park.

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Location: Mojave National Preserve, CA
Active: 4-6 mile daily hikes with ~300′ elevation change
Front country: Dispersed tent or car camping

Join us for a week of invasive removal (Sahara Mustard, etc), & chicken wire cage removal from Joshua Tree planting sites. 

This project is sponsored by:

Location: St. Marys, GA
Strenuous. 1-4 miles daily
Backcountry: tent camping in a remote designated site

We’re back! Join us for a week of trail maintenance, vegetation removal/management, and other projects on this stunning National Seashore!

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Location: Sedona, AZ
Strenuous. Up to 2-mile RT daily hikes. Work includes lifting, and bending, and some slopes are steep/loose
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground.

Join us in beautiful Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona, AZ! We’ll spend the week managing erosion and closing unsanctioned social trails along the creek.

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Location: Halsey, NE.
Active to strenuous. Up to 4 miles daily.
Front country: tent camping in a designated site.

This is a new project! Help rebuild/restore a pollinator garden at the base of the Scott Fire Tower that was devastated by the 2022 Bovee Fire. 

Location:  Grandstaff Canyon Wilderness Study Area, UT
Strenuous. 2-8 mile hike daily.
This is a medium elevation project: 6000+ ft.
Front country. Tent camping near cars.

We’re returning to Grandstaff Trail to continue to work on retaining walls, brushing overgrown vegetation, and closing “social trails” and braiding.

Location: Kooskia, ID
Strenuous. Daily RT 2-6 miles with 500’-1500’ change
Front country. Tent camping at Lochsa Historical Ranger Station

Volunteer to help with trail work on the Lochsa Downriver Trail and other area trails! Work will include trail tread work, brushing, and clearing.

Location: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Strenuous. 3-5 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.

This project is sponsored by:

Location: Allegheny National Forest, 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 (NCNST) within Allegheny National Forest. We’ll spend the week working on 3 sections to address drainage issues and a bridge repair!

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′

This is a new project for 2024! Help close social trails and brush within the Sand Canyon Trails System. Work may also involve replacing signage, cairn rebuilding, rehabilitating trail corridors, etc. 

Location: Millpoint, WV
Strenuous. Daily hike of ~4 mi w/ 775’ gain
Front country: Tent camping in a designated campground

It’s been a while, but we’re back! We’ll work to remove a blown-out culvert on the Middle Fork Trail of Cranberry Wilderness and in effort to make the trail less confusing.

Location: Mammoth Cave National Park, KY
Strenuous. Up to a 6-mile daily hike.
Front country. Structured housing.

Help the NPS with various trail improvements!

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Location: San Bernardino National Forest
Active: ~1-mile max daily
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground 
This is a medium elevation project: 5,100+ ft.

Spend a week working on restoration efforts including planting native plants, removing invasive plants, using plant material to stabilize erosive soils, collecting seeds for dispersal, and installing signs in restoration areas.

This project is sponsored by:

Location: Upper Valley Yurt, UT
Active. Up to 2 miles daily
Front Country: remote tent camping near cars
This is a high elevation project: 7800 ft.

We’re excited to return to Dixie National Forest for a week of fence replacement near the Upper Valley Yurt.

Location: Online class

This hybrid Leader Training Course consists of an 8-week 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: Olive Lake, OR
Strenuous. Daily hikes of 5-10 miles.
Front country. Tent camping in a designated campground.
This is a medium elevation project: 6,200 ft.

This project will aim to address deferred maintenance on 2 wilderness trails in the North Fork John Day Wilderness: Lost Creek Trail and the Saddle Camp Trail.

Location: Coffee Creek, CA
Strenuous. 6-mile hike w/ 1,600′ gain. Daily hikes 3-6 miles w/ 800′-1400′ change.
Backpacking with pack support
This is a high-elevation project: 6,100’+ ft.

Spend a week in the beautiful Trinity Alps Wilderness to complete trail work with a focus on clearing the trail of downed trees with crosscut and hand saws, clearing brush, and re-treading sections of the trail.

Location: Imnaha Forks, OR
Strenuous. A 7-mile backpack in with 1500′ gain. Daily hikes of 2-6 miles w/ 500′. 
Backpacking with pack support.
This is a medium/high elevation project: 5,500′-7,500′

Join us for a week working on the Indian Crossing trail in the Eagle Cap Wilderness completing a wide variety of trail maintenance projects!

Location: Never Summer Wilderness, CO
Strenuous. 6 mi hike in w/ 2700′ gain. Daily hikes of 4 mi. RT
Backpacking with pack support
This is a high-elevation project: 10,000′

Help get this neglected trail back in tip-top shape! Come to gorgeous Colorado for a week of backpacking and trail maintenance. 

This project is sponsored in loving memory and honor of Norman Goree Kittrell III, who loved hiking, Colorado, and “giving back”.

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 as continue our work on a new section of the Nenana River Trail!

Location: Brownville, ME
Strenuous. Up to 4 miles daily. Bushwhacking.
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground.

A very unique opportunity: join a volunteer 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. 

This project is sponsored by:

Location: Lake Sabrina Basin
Strenuous. Backpack in ~3.5 miles with 1500’ vertical gain w/ support. 
This is a high-elevation project: 9000′-10500’+

This project will focus on stabilizing areas of trail in the Sabrina Basin leading to Baboon and Donkey Lakes that are severely eroded.

This project is sponsored by:

and by an anonymous donor. 

Location: Custer, SD
Active. 1/2-2 miles daily
Front country: dormitory/bunk house

We’re stoked to return to the Black Hills! We’ll spend the week at the historic Camp Bob Marshall, reconstructing paths in the campground, building stairs, and adding railways to make the paths safer for users.

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Location: Mt. Hood, OR
Challenging. Hike in 2.5 mi. w/1500’ gain. Daily hikes of 1-8 mi. with 600-1000’ gain.
Backpacking without support
This is a medium elevation project: 5,500-6,000′ 

Work alongside Forest Service staff to log out, brush, and improve drainage on the iconic Timberline Trail!

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Location: Wright’s Lake, CA
Strenuous. 7.5-mile hike with ~1500′ gain
Backpacking with pack support.
This is a high-elevation project: 8,000+ ft.

Spend a week volunteering with trail work, campsite restoration, and more surrounded by alpine lakes and stunning granite features.

Location: Shenandoah National Park, VA
Strenuous. 4-8 mile daily hikes, varied project scope
Front Country: tent camping at a designated campground

Explore and learn about Shenandoah National Park through trail work, including water bar maintenance and vegetation management, facility updates, culvert clearing, and campground maintenance.

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.

This project is sponsored by:

Location: Allen Canyon, UT
Strenuous. 3-5 mile daily hikes carrying daypacks and tools.
Backcountry: dispersed tent camping near cars
This is a medium elevation project: 5,800+ ft.

The Manti-La Sal National Forest Heritage Program invites Wilderness Volunteers to join us in conducting archaeological survey in Milk Ranch Point.

Location: Mt. Hood Village, OR
Active. Daily hikes of up to 3 miles. 
Front country. Tent camping in a designated campground.

Join us for a week of riparian habitat restoration including planting trees and shrubs, collecting and spreading native seeds, removing invasive plants, and cleaning up dispersed campsites.

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Location: City of Rocks National Reserve, ID
Active: 1-2 mile daily hikes
Front country: Tent or car camping in a designated campground

Our project will be to overhaul and renovate campsites #61-64, including tent pad construction, replacing picnic tables and fire rings, installation of erosion control structures, and restoration of areas impacted by compaction and erosion.

Location: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Strenuous. 3-5 mile daily hikes; ~300′ elevation gain.
Front country: dispersed tent camping near cars
This is a medium elevation project: ~4800′.

Join us at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument as we help remediate visitor impacts on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument along popular recreation corridors and treat Russian olive in the Escalante River Watershed.

Location: Sedona, AZ
Strenuous. 
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground.

Join us in beautiful Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona, AZ! We’ll spend the week managing erosion and closing unsanctioned social trails along the creek.

This project is sponsored by:

Location: Juniper Basin, Saguaro NP (east)
Challenging. Backpacking with some support; 7 miles w/ 3000’ gain
Backcountry. Tent camping.

This project will take down historic grazing fences in the vicinity of one of the backcountry campgrounds, Juniper Basin, which sits at 6000 ft elevation in the Rincon Mountains.

This project is sponsored by:

Location: Glen Jean, WV
Strenuous. Up to 6-mile daily hikes
Front country: camping in a designated campground or in a dormitory (TBD)

Visit West Virginia’s stunning New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and spend the week volunteering to remove invasive plants, pick up trash and plastics, maintain trails, and do small projects.

Location: Elkhorn/Las Delicias, AZ
Strenuous. Up to 4-mile RT daily hikes
Front country: tent camping near cars in a secured refuge compound

Working with the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance (AVCA), we’ll mitigate ephemeral streams by creating one-rock-high dams and baffles. These structures will maximize the benefits of rainwater for the ecosystem and wildlife.