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.
Come help us care for the native plant landscape at the Trail Conference headquarters! Sign up here.
Come help us care for the native plant landscape at the Trail Conference headquarters! Sign up here.
Come help us care for the native plant landscape at the Trail Conference headquarters! Sign up here.
Come help us care for the native plant landscape at the Trail Conference headquarters! Sign up here.
We are partnering with The TrailBound Project Outdoor School to provide free intro-level courses to help prepare you for your next adventure!
Interested in becoming a volunteer Trail Maintainer? Attend this workshop to learn how to maintain a trail!
Would you like to take your invasive species identification skills to the next level? Do you want to help find the next problem invaders that threaten our region's natural areas and parks? Take this workshop webinar to learn how!
Would you like to take your invasive species identification skills to the next level? Do you want to help find the next problem invaders that threaten our region's natural areas and parks? Take this workshop to learn how!
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®
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!