Location: Mt. Hood, OR
Active. Daily hikes of up to 3-miles.
Front country. Tent camping near cars.
Join us for a week of planting trees and shrubs, collecting and spreading native seeds, removing invasive plants, and cleaning up dispersed campsites in the Mt. Hood Wilderness.
Service Project Details
Join us in Oregon’s green Mt. Hood Wilderness for a week of hard and meaningful work. Volunteers will work in numerous aquatic restoration areas that were restored to re-establish historic fish habitat that is the home to endangered species of salmon and trout, as well as a host to numerous other species of Pacific Northwest flora and fauna. Wilderness Volunteers will plant trees and shrubs, collect and spread native seeds, remove invasive plants, and clean up dispersed campsites. Volunteers will be given tours of the river restoration work throughout the Upper Sandy River Watershed and will even get to see the spawning Chinook salmon they are helping to save!
Volunteers will need to be able to hike up to 3-miles daily and will be spending the week based out of the Green Canyon Campground located on the National Wild and Scenic Salmon River.
From the Zigzag Ranger District: “The Fisheries Program of the Zigzag Ranger District looks forward to working with the Wilderness Volunteers again in 2022! Each year the Wilderness Volunteers assist our staff in completing our river restoration work for the season. The volunteer’s contribution is huge and we greatly appreciated the help and support! We could not do it without you! We take pride in providing the volunteers with a meaningful, hands-on experience while teaching technical field skills and explaining the science, which goes into large-scale river restoration work.”
Project leaders: Jerry Lehman and Bill Goolsby
Check out the photo gallery from previous projects in the Mt. Hood Wilderness.
Agency Website
Itinerary:
Sunday, September 18th. The volunteer group meets at midday at a time/place TBD. The group will go through check-in, introductions, orientation, and will then assist in setting it up for a great work week ahead
Monday, September 19th. Workday.
Tuesday, September 20th. Workday.
Wednesday, September 21st. Day off.
Thursday, September 22nd. Workday.
Friday, September 23rd. Workday.
Saturday, September 24th. Break down camp, good-byes, depart.
Free Time Details
There are multiple site seeing and hiking locations on the Mt Hood National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/mthood/ . In past years volunteers have hiked to Ramona Falls and/or toured the historic Timberline Lodge.
Accommodations
Front country. Tent camping near cars at the Green Canyon Campground.
Difficulty
Active. Daily hikes of up to 3-miles.
Task Details
Bending, cutting, hauling, swinging, digging, throwing, pushing, lifting, planting, etc.
Equipment List
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