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.
Join the Catskills Trail Crew for some fun in the mud on the Long Path at the Platte Clove Preserve!
Ever wonder how trails are built and restored? If you aren’t afraid to get a little dirty, this hands-on look at how great trails are made is for you!
Join the Catskills Trail Crew for some fun in the mud on the Long Path at the Platte Clove Preserve!
Join the Catskills Trail Crew for some fun in the mud on the Long Path at the Platte Clove Preserve!
Join the Catskills Trail Crew for some fun in the mud on the Long Path at the Platte Clove Preserve!
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!
Do you enjoy birds, butterflies, and wildflowers? Would you like to help protect them? Come help us remove invasive plants from this beautiful park!
Join the Catskills Trail Crew for some fun in the mud at the Huckleberry Point Trail!
Do you enjoy birds, butterflies, and wildflowers? Would you like to help protect them? Come help us remove invasive plants from this beautiful park!
Ever wonder how trails are built and restored? If you aren’t afraid to get a little dirty, this hands-on look at how great trails are made is for you!
Ever wonder how trails are built and restored? If you aren’t afraid to get a little dirty, this hands-on look at how great trails are made is for you!
Join the Catskills Trail Crew for some fun in the mud at the Huckleberry Point Trail!
Ever wonder how trails are built and restored? If you aren’t afraid to get a little dirty, this hands-on look at how great trails are made is for you!
Ever wonder how trails are built and restored? If you aren’t afraid to get a little dirty, this hands-on look at how great trails are made is for you!
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!
Join the Catskills Trail Crew for some fun in the mud at the Huckleberry Point Trail!
Join the Catskills Trail Crew for some fun in the mud at the Huckleberry Point Trail!
Do you enjoy birds, butterflies, and wildflowers? Would you like to help protect them? Come help us remove invasive plants from this beautiful park!
Have you noticed the stone structures on a trail such as stairs, walls, or stepping stones? Ever wonder how or why they are there? Take this workshop to find out!
Have you noticed the stone structures on a trail such as stairs, walls, or stepping stones? Want to learn how they get there? Take this workshop to learn all about them!
Ever wonder how sustainable trails are built? Interested in learning how to repair an eroded trail? Take this workshop to learn more!
Join Local NY-NJ Trail Conference Volunteers for a hands-on experience learning about trail repair and maintenance. We will also learn the fundamentals of blazing a trail.
Have you noticed that some trails are more eroded than others? Ever felt like the trail you were following was a stream bed? Take this workshop to find out why and learn how this can be prevented!
Join the Palisades Trail Crew to learn all about how to use simple hand tools to construct sustainable trail tread, and keep it in good shape for the long haul!
Have you noticed that some trails are more eroded than others? Ever felt like the trail you were following was a stream bed? Take this workshop to find out why and learn how this can be prevented!
Ever wonder how trail builders move large stone and logs to build trail structures? Join us to learn how!
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...
... and off-trail
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!