Volunteer Opportunities
Outside or inside, close to home or at your go-to weekend trail destination, we aim to connect you with the volunteer opportunity that is right for you. Tell us how you'd like to be involved!
Grab your work gloves and spend a few hours or a whole day with a crew helping to make a difference in our parks. Or, we can match your group to the right project.
We teach stewardship skills to outdoor-loving people. Our classes range from intro level in basic trail maintenance and invasive species identification to advanced training in trail layout and design, rock work, and more.
Boardwalk re-decking, Pochuck Boardwalk on the Appalachian Trail
Come help us care for the native plant landscape at the Trail Conference headquarters! Sign up here.
Do you enjoy birds, butterflies, and wildflowers? Would you like to help protect them? Come help us remove invasive plants from this beautiful park!
Boardwalk re-decking, Pochuck Boardwalk on the Appalachian Trail
Building a new hiking trail bridge
Come help us care for the native plant landscape at the Trail Conference headquarters! Sign up here.
Building a new hiking trail bridge
Do you enjoy birds, butterflies, and wildflowers? Would you like to help protect them? Come help us remove invasive plants from this beautiful park!
Would you like to help protect our environment while you hike? Have you already taken Part 1 of our Invasives Strike Force (ISF) Survey Workshop webinars? Then you are ready to take this required workshop webinar to learn about the field survey protocols and data reporting associated with our ISF Survey program. Once completed with this part of your training, you will officially be ready to take on an assignment and become an official ISF surveyor!
Share your love of trails with us on National Trails Day®
Share your love of trails with us on National Trails Day®
Are you part of our Invasives Strike Force volunteer program who would like to hone your ID and reporting skills in the field? Even if you aren't a current survey volunteer, are you interested in learning about some of the high priority invasive species in our region? Come join us for a guided walk that focuses on this year's invasive species survey list.
Our Volunteers Rock
Building, Maintaining, and Protecting Trails
The Trail Conference is supported by more than 1,700 volunteers who annually donate over 93,000 hours of time to keep trails open, safe, and enjoyable for the public.
Our volunteers are hard at work in the field...
- Building new trails and rehabilitating old ones
- Keeping trails accessible for fellow users
- Monitoring and removing invasive species
... and off-trail
- Protecting trail lands through advocacy, conservation, and stewardship efforts
- Using their professional skills to help support our mission
Outside or inside, close to home or at your go-to weekend trail destination, we aim to connect you with the volunteer opportunity that is right for you. Tell us how you'd like to be involved!