Wilderness Groups

State, Regional, and National Organizations

Find volunteer opportunities in your state and with national and regional organizations

We are constantly adding groups to this list.  Don’t see your organization’s name? If you would like your organization added please contact us.

ALASKA

Friends of Glacier Bay - Glacier Bay National Park

Sitka Conservation Society -- Tongass National Forest

Southeast Alask Conservation Council - SE Alaska

ARIZONA

Arizona Wilderness Coalition - Arizona

CALIFORNIA

Big Bear Lake Parks and Rec - Southern CA

Desolation Wilderness Volunteers - Eldorado National Forest near South Lake Tahoe

Forest Service Volunteer Association - San Bernardino National Forest, San Jacinto District

Friends of the Inyo - Inyo National Forest, Central Califorina

High Sierra Volunteer Trail Crew - John Muir Wilderness

San Gorgonio Wilderness Association - San Bernardino National Forest, Southern California

Siskiyou Mountain Club - Red Buttes Wilderness Area, northern California

Stanislaus Wilderness Volunteers - Stanislaus National Forest

Ventana Wilderness Alliance - Los Padres National Forest

Wild Places - Golden Trout Wilderness, Southern Sierra Nevada 

COLORADO

Back Country Horsemen of Colorado - Various locations throughout Colorado

Colorado Mountain Club - Various locations throughout Colorado

Friends of Mount Evans and Lost Creek Wildernesses - Arapaho and Pike National Forests

Friends of Wilderness - Wilderness Areas near Steamboat Springs

Poudre Wilderness Volunteers - Northern Colorado Front Range

San Juan Mountains Association - Wilderness areas near Durango

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado - Various locations throughout Colorado

Wilderness Workshop - White River National Forest

GEORGIA

Georgia Appalachian Trail Club - Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest

Team Conasauga - NW Georgia including Cohutta Wilderness

IDAHO

Great Burn Study Group - Clearwater National Forest

The Selway-Bitterroot Foundation - Northern Idaho

MICHIGAN

Friends of Sylvania

MINNESOTA

Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness

MONTANA

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation - southwest Montana

Back Country Horsemen of the Flathead - Northwest Montana

Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation - Western Montana

Great Burn Study Group - Lolo National Forest

Montana Wilderness Association - Throughout the State

The Selway-Bitterroot Foundation - Western Montana

The Wilderness Institute - Throughout the State

NEVADA

Friends of Black Rock - BLM’s Black Rock Desert NCA

Friends of Gold Butte - BLM’s Gold Butte Region southern NV

Friends of Nevada Wilderness - Statewide with offices in Reno and Las Vegas

Mojave Family Experience - wilderness areas outside Las Vegas

Nevada Outdoor School - Statewide

NEW MEXICO

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance - Statewide

OREGON

Friends of Oregon Badlands Wilderness - Central Oregon

Siskiyou Mountain Club - Kalmiopsis Wilderness and Red Buttes Wilderness Area, , southwest Oregon

PENNSYLVANIA

Friends of Allegheny Wilderness - Allegheny National Forest

UTAH

Grand Staircase Escalante Partners

WASHINGTON

Washington Trails Association

WYOMING

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation - northwest Wyoming

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Hiking Society - Throughout the U.S.

Appalachian Mountain Club - Eastern U.S.

Appalachian Trail Conservancy - Eastern U.S.

Back Country Horsemen of America - Throughout the U.S.

Campaign for America's Wilderness - U.S., Canada & Australia

Continental Divide Trail Alliance - Western U.S.

Gifford Pinchot Task Force - Pacific Northwest

Great Old Broads for Wilderness - Western U.S.

Pacific Crest Trail Association - Western U.S.

Pacific Northwest Trail Association - WA, ID and MT

Partners4Nature - U.S.

Society for Wilderness Stewardship - Throughout the U.S.

Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards - TN, GA, NC and SC.

Student Conservation Association - Throughout the U.S.

Wild South - AL, NC,SC, GA, TN and VA.

The Wilderness Society - Throughout the U.S.

Wilderness Volunteers - Throughout the U.S.