Our Mission is stewardship of America's wild lands through organizing and promoting volunteer service in cooperation with public land agencies.



Wilderness Volunteers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created in 1997 to organize and promote volunteer service to America's wild lands. We work with public land agencies including the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. In the year 2005 we are offering a selection of trips with a variety of service projects. We don't charge the agencies for our work, but they supply tools and supervision for the projects. It's incredible how much work a group of hearty volunteers can do in a week's time! All trips are led by volunteer leaders. Trips are one week long and are limited to 12 or fewer participants. Meals are included in the trip price. Participants share camp chores. Most trips include extra time to explore and enjoy the area in which they are based. Wilderness Volunteers teaches and follows Leave No Trace outdoor living skills and ethics. Participants provide their own camping gear (a list specific to each trip will be mailed with registration confirmation), a sense of adventure, and a willingness to contribute time and energy to worthy projects.



Wilderness Volunteers trips are a wonderful way to contribute to the stewardship of public lands. You will meet interesting people from all over the country, learn new skills, visit a beautiful part of America and feel really great about the amount of work you are able to contribute with the group. You will make new friends, get a blister or two, and see yourself as someone making a difference by giving something back to these wild lands we are blessed with.