Volunteer with the Conservancy: Put Your Passion to Work!
Volunteer days in RMNP are back! What better way to show your love for Rocky Mountain National Park than by investing your time and energy toward a meaningful cause? Check out the Rocky Mountain Conservancy volunteer opportunities below and find out how you can help with Conservancy efforts to lend a helping hand to Rocky Mountain National Park.
Please contact the Conservancy at Education@RMConservancy.org if you have any questions.
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2024 Volunteer Events!
National Public Lands Day, September 2024:
To mark National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 28th, you’re invited to join Rocky Mountain Conservancy and Rocky Mountain National Park in the battle against invasive plant species threatening the park! We’ll spend the day tackling invasives in an accessible and visible area of the park where your work will have a big impact. This is a great way to care for Rocky Mountain National Park, and help ensure its beauty will be enjoyed for generations to come. As an added thank you, volunteers who spend the full day with us will also receive a coupon for 1 day of fee-free entry at a participating public land site for use in the coming year.
Volunteer for Limber Pine! October 2024:
Ready for a challenge? Join us on this intense volunteer opportunity to plant Limber Pine saplings inside the 2020 wildfire burn areas. The East Troublesome wildfire burned several populations of limber pines within Rocky Mountain National Park so intensely that natural regeneration will likely take several decades to begin again. This is your chance to participate in the recovery process and give limber pine saplings a helping hand. Limber pine is a species of management concern in the park due to its decline throughout the North American West under pressure from climate change, white pine blister rust (an introduced fungal disease), beetle outbreaks, and wildfire. In Canada, limber pine is already listed as an endangered species. RMNP has an unusually high percentage of limber pines displaying genetic resistance to white pine blister, so the key to the future of the species may lie within these local genetics. By spending a day hard at work in the park, you’re helping to give this iconic species a fighting chance in the future. Participants will need to be able to complete a strenuous 3-mile round-trip hike, with 0.25 mile off-trail, to the planting site on steep terrain. Be prepared to carry a pack with your personal gear and work materials over tough terrain. Volunteers will be planting 3″-tall seedlings within a wildfire burn scar in exposed conditions (sun, wind, rain, snow). Planting will involve carrying seedlings to work site, kneeling, digging with hand tools, and attention to careful planting techniques.
Click the images below to some of our fantastic 2024 volunteers!
Volunteer Days are free and open to the public. During a volunteer experience, park entry fees are waived and timed entry permits are not required.
2025 volunteer events will be posted here in the spring and shared via our member newsletter and social media channels.
To see what the projects look like on-the-ground and understand their impact, check out Volunteer Stewardship Program Reports from past years:
2023 Volunteer Stewardship Program Report
2022 Volunteer Stewardship Program Report
2022 Thumb Open Space Trail Report
2019 Volunteer Stewardship Program Report
2018 Volunteer Stewardship Program Report
Youth and Corporate Group Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer stewardship is a great way to foster team building, civic engagement, and personal development! By supporting Rocky Mountain National Park and the Conservancy, your team can have meaningful impact on public lands, while enjoying these beautiful landscapes alongside friends, teammates and coworkers.
The Rocky Mountain Conservancy provides volunteer stewardship opportunities for organized youth and corporate groups. The Conservancy works with groups to create volunteer experiences alongside National Park Service staff in Rocky Mountain National Park. Projects are tailored specifically to the group size, interests and ages. Projects may range from 1 hour to multi-day (with camping).
Please contact us at Education@RMConservancy.org for more information.