Giving Something Back
Since 1997
Wilderness Volunteers has been providing affordable and meaningful volunteer service opportunities that conserve and protect America’s wild lands since 1997. Working in cooperation with the US Forest Service, National Park Service, the BLM, the US Fish & Wildlife Service and others, you’ll be inspired and invigorated when you see how much a group can accomplish in a few days.
Upcoming Projects
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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.
This project is eligible for Last Call Pricing.
Location: Southern AZ
Strenuous. Up to 2-mile one-way hikes carrying/lifting fencing materials
Front country: structured housing
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.
This project is eligible for Last Call Pricing.
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Women’s Volunteer Stewardship Projects
In 2025, Wilderness Volunteers offered our first-ever women-only projects, with the goal of empowering women and developing leaders through outdoor stewardship. Partnering with the Black Hills Parks & Forests Association, our all-women crews completed high...
2025 Wilderness Volunteers Photo Contest
We're excited to launch the Wilderness Volunteers 2025 Photo Contest! Grab a beverage, cozy up on the couch, and start looking through your 2025 project photos! We have great prizes for the winners of some fun categories: All Things Work – Pictures depicting project...
Play a BIG Role on the 2025 Big Thicket National Preserve project!
This April we’re heading to Southeast Texas for a new project: Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP). If you’re unfamiliar with Big Thicket National Preserve, let’s catch you up: BTNP was established on October 11, 1974 BTNP less than 2 hours away from downtown Houston...
