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Projects2026 Project Schedule
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: Northeast Arkansas
Strenuous. Daily hikes ~6 miles w/ 1000′-2000′ gain/loss
Front country. Tent camping near cars in a designated campground
Volunteer in the Ponca Wilderness Area to work on trail maintenance on some of the park’s most challenging and popular routes.
Location: Southeastern Utah
Strenuous. 8 mile hike to basecamp, daily hikes of 2-4 miles
Backpacking with support.
Join us for trail maintenance and sign installation in Arch and Texas Canyons in the stunning Bears Ears National Monument backcountry.
Location: Southern ID
Active: 1-2 mile daily hikes
Front country: Tent or car camping in a designated campground
Assist in a biological survey of native flora and fauna and help inventory plant and wildlife species across diverse habitats.
Location: Southwest Wisconsin
Strenuous. Daily hikes up to 5 miles
Frontcountry. Tent camping near cars in a designated campground
New project alert! Join us for a week of trailwork and invasive plant removal in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area!
This project is sponsored by:
Location: Northwestern PA
Strenuous. Daily 6-mile hikes
Front country: tent camping near cars in a designated campground
We’re stoked to return to the iconic North Country National Scenic Trail. We’ll spend the week working on several trailwork projects in the Allegheny National Forest.
Location: Tucson, AZ
Challenging. Backpacking with some support; ~10 mi. w/ 5000’ gain
Backcountry. Tent camping.
This is a high elevation project: ~8000′
Help the NPS tackle backlogged and important log check step construction throughout the high country.
This project is sponsored by:
Location: Custer, SD
Strenuous. Periodically lifting 50 lbs, comfort with steep set of concrete stairs
Front country: Structured housing (Fully furnished apartment-style housing)
Help remove unsafe sections of a historic concrete path in Jewel Cave National Monument!
Location: Salmon, CA
Strenuous. Up to 7-mile daily hikes w/ 800′-1600′ gain
Front country. Tent camping in a designated campground near cars.
This is a medium to high elevation project: 5000-8000 ft.
Join us in the beautiful Trinity Alps Wilderness for a week of trail work! We’ll clear downed trees off the trail, clear brush, re-tread trail sections, and more!
Location: Northeast Arkansas
Strenuous. Daily hikes ~4 miles w/ 300’ elevation gain
Front country. Tent camping near cars in a designated campground
New project alert! Help the Forest Service reroute a trail to one of the most photographed destinations in Arkansas.
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.
Location: Eastern NV
Strenuous. Daily hikes of ~5 mi w/ 1600′ 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 vegetation clearing!
Location: Southern ID
Strenuous: ~2 mile daily hikes
Front country: Tent or car camping in a designated campground
This project is open to women only. Be part of history as we develop new trails providing access to climbing routes in a newly acquired land parcel!
Location: Southern ID
Strenuous. ~5 miles daily on rugged, volcanic terrain, in a hot environment
Front country: tent/car camping in a designated campground
This project would continue the systematic approach to gridding pre-determined areas to find & document potential caves for further exploration and study.
Location: Central CA
Active. Daily hikes of 1-1.5 miles
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground
This is a high-elevation project: 6,500+ ft.
Help improve and preserve several iconic meadows through invasive plant removal.
Location: Snowmass, CO
Challenging. 6 mile backpack with 1,500′ – 3,500′ gain and daily hikes of 3-4 miles
Backpacking with support
This is a high-elevation project: ~10k ft.
Come join Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers as we complete trail improvements on the Four Pass Loop–one of the United States’ premier backpacking loop–situated within the uniquely beautiful Maroon Bells-Snowmass wilderness in the heart of the Colorado Rockies.
Project Sponsor: In loving memory and honor of Norman Goree Kittrell III, who loved hiking, Colorado, and “giving back.”
Location: Northwest Montana
Strenuous. Up to 6-mile daily hikes with 500′ gain
Front country: camping in a designated campground
This is a medium elevation project: 4500+ ft.
Join us in iconic Glacier National Park for a week of general trail maintenance like tread work, drainage improvement, and brushing.
Location: Lake Tahoe, CA
Challenging. ~4 mi hike to 7400’. Daily hikes of 3-5 miles RT
Backpacking partial support. Tent camping
This is a high-elevation project: 7,000′-7,700′ ft.
This project is open to women only. Join us for this multi-year trail build project (Meeks Ridge Trail) from Lake Tahoe to Lost Lake at the edge of Desolation Wilderness.
Location: Northern CA
Strenuous. Daily hikes up to 6 miles RT.
Front country. Tent camping at admin site.
This is a medium elevation project: ~5500 ft.
Join us for a week on invasive plant removal in this unique national park!
Location: Denali National Park & Preserve, AK
Strenuous. Daily hikes of ~5 miles
Front country: camping in huts with amenities
Spend the week working with the Denali National Park Trail Crew on the 4th & final year of construction of the new 10-mile Nenana River Trail.
Location: Northern 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: Southern UT
Strenuous.~5 miles daily. Periodically lifting 40 lbs.
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: Central CA
Challenging. Hike in 17 miles to basecamp with 4,500′ elevation change
Backpacking with support.
This is a high-elevation project: 6,000+ ft.
Help with invasive plant removal deep in the SEKI backcountry!
Location: Northeastern OR
Challenging. 8 mi backpack w/ 2500′ gain. Daily hikes of ~2-6 mi w/ 1000′ gain
Backpacking with pack support. Tent camping
This is a medium/high elevation project: 5,500′-7,500′
Help the USFS tackle a heavy log out and restore a section of trail near Minam Lake.
Location: Northern 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: Southern ID
Strenuous. ~5 miles daily on rugged, volcanic terrain
Front country: primitive tent camping
This project would continue a systematic approach to gridding pre-determined areas to find & document potential caves for further exploration and study.
Location: West Virginia
Strenuous. ~2-4-mile daily hikes; lifting/moving around 50 lbs.
Front country: structured housing at Camp Brookside
Visit West Virginia’s stunning New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and spend the week rebuilding a segment of the Castle Rock Trail.
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Strenuous. 5-6 mi daily hikes
Front country: tent/car camping in a designated campground
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: Lone Pine, CA
Challenging. 2 mile backpack with daily hikes of 5-8 miles daily
Backpacking with support.
This is a high-elevation project: 6000′-8000′
Join us for a week of trail maintenance in the stunning Golden Trout Wilderness!
Location: Southcentral Maine
Strenuous. Up to 5 mi. daily hikes.
Front country.Tent camping in a designated campground
We’re seeking flexible volunteers for a week of mixed work on the trails and carriage roads in gorgeous Acadia National Park! The project scope will be narrowed closer to the project dates based on the needs of the park.
Location: Southern UT
Strenuous. ~5 mile daily hikes
Front country: dispersed tent camping
This is a medium elevation project: ~4800′.
Join us at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument as we remove and treat Russian olive in the Escalante River Watershed.
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: Tucson, AZ
Strenuous. ~1 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.
This project is sponsored by:
Location: Southeastern CA
Active-Strenuous: Short daily hikes
Front country: Tent/car camping in a designated site.
Assist the Mojave Desert Land Trust in rewilding the Mojave Desert’s Palisades Ranch through fuel reduction, invasive species removal, and cleanups!
Location: Southern UT
Strenuous. 6-10 mi daily w/ 500’ change
Front country: tent camping in a designated remote campground
Join us for a week of trail maintenance with access to countless canyons & fantastically formed buttes.
Location: Southeastern CA
Active: ~2 mile daily hikes
Front country: Tent/car camping in a designated campground
We’ll continue to support rehabilitation efforts as we plant up to 250 native plants to reestablish vegetation and stabilize roadside soils.
Location: Southern AZ
Strenuous. Up to 2-mile one-way hikes carrying/lifting fencing materials
Front country: tent/car camping (TBD on designated or dispersed)
This project has a little bit of everything: building/maintaining rock/brush structures, invasive plant removal, & a day of fence removal, all helping to improve habitat for the endangered masked bobwhite quail.
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