Volunteer Opportunities

The following volunteer opportunities provide chances to help with important plant surveys, salvage operations, and contribute to the restoration of degraded habitat. These opportunities help link AZNPS members with land managers and allied conservation organizations.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NORTHERN REGION

GRAND CANYON

Volunteers are absolutely essential to Park managers’ efforts to preserve and protect the natural resources and beauty of Grand Canyon National Park. Volunteering with the Developed Area Vegetation Program will give volunteers the opportunity to learn from Science Center biologists, and to share their love and knowledge of the Park. It will also give volunteers the opportunity to become stewards of one of the world’s natural wonders and a World Heritage Site. If interested, please look for upcoming projects here.

VOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR ARIZONA

Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona (VOA or VOAz) is a program created within the Dorothy Garske Center of Phoenix, Arizona. VOA organizes outdoor volunteer work projects in cooperation with public and private agencies to preserve, protect, and maintain our state's valuable natural resources. Most events are one or two days on weekends. VOA events are carefully planned to provide fun, safe, and productive opportunities to participate in trail work and habitat protection and improvement projects.

The mission of the Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona (VOA) project of Dorothy Garske Center is to promote stewardship of Arizona's outdoor places through volunteerism. The combination of population growth in, poor land stewardship in the past, and reductions in the budgets of land management agencies threatens our ability to accommodate the growing interest in outdoor recreation, while preserving natural and historic places.

If you want to know more, their website is www.voaz.org

Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona
2140 East 5th Street, Suite 8
Tempe, AZ 85281
602.522.9127

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CENTRAL REGION (PHOENIX AREA)

Plant & Butterfly I.D. Work Days
Agua Fria National Monument

The Sonoran Audubon Society has volunteered to generate a plant list and a butterfly list for the newly formed Agua Fria National Monument. The Central Region Chapter of the Arizona Native Plant Society has agreed to work with SAS on this effort. The Agua Fria National Monument is about 40 miles north of Phoenix, accessed via the Badger Springs Exit (#256) off of I-17 N.

If you would like to be contacted for future work days, contact Regina or call 623.974.1105.

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Phoenix Weedwackers

Based on the business model and the success of the Sonoran Desert Weedwackers, the Phoenix group was formed in December of 2006. Our group meets once a month on the second Saturday at Piestewa Peak, a mountain that is part of the Phoenix Mountain Preserves and has been very hard hit by the buffelgrass
infestation. The park supplies everything but the labor,so volunteers do not have to bring anything but a willingness to work for a few hours. Nearby parking is provided. To see our first meeting and what we do visit our website .

For more info contact Claudia Bloom

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SOUTHERN REGION (TUCSON AREA)

The Sonoran Desert Weedwackers

Sabino Canyon Exotic Grass Removal
Weed Wackers East: Anyone interested in volunteering to help remove exotic weeds from Sabino Canyon please contact Matt Johnson at 520.749.2547 or <email> for more information.