About WRV

Wildlands Restoration Volunteers is a non-profit organization that provides an opportunity for people to come together, learn about their natural environment, and take direct action to restore and care for the land. We'd love to have your help!

Colorado is blessed with tremendous natural beauty. However, our open spaces, forests, streams, and high country are experiencing numerous impacts due to their close proximity to a fast growing urban population. Development, increasing recreational use and other human activities, have taken their toll on vulnerable ecosystems and wildlife habitat. At the same time, land management budgets are falling. Read more about us...

WRV Seeks AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer

WRV seeks an AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer to help WRV build capacity in a variety of ways including:  Expand our youth volunteer program; Build partnerships with community organizations serving disadvantaged youth and other underserved populations; Conduct community outreach and recruit new volunteers; Support our land restoration/stewardship projects; Help WRV raise funds to support these programs.

MORE INFO: See Job Announcement and Application Form.

Join a Committee!

We need your help to enhance activities like outreach, leadership opportunities for volunteers, fundraising, and more. If you’ve ever wanted to engage with WRV when you’re not on projects, committee membership is for you!  Check out our list of opportunities for more information.

Membership Drive 2009

A successful membership program is essential to developing an organization that is built to last. Many people are becoming contributing members to WRV, because they recognize that without this kind of community support, we could not cover the costs of all our great projects.  To achieve the amazing tangible results our community expects, there are substantial costs for planning, design, restoration materials, volunteer training, and more.

Help us meet our goal to recruit 250 new members this year.  We’re already well on our way and your membership can help push us over the top.

Some generous WRV donors have pledged to match dollar for dollar the first $50 you pledge. If you become a member now, you will multiply the value of your contribution and help us raise up to an extra $12,500 to restore more of our beloved Colorado public lands.

Your membership will help us expand our work dramatically over the next three years.  In 2012, we plan to accomplish 40% more work, than in this, our 10th Anniversary year.

Become a 10th Anniversary Member NOW! It's easy.

Read more about our membership program, including Member benefits and Member testimonials.

Read our Spring 2009 Newsletter.

Read about our completed 2008 projects.

10th Anniversary Celebration & Silent Auction was a Success!!

Can you believe it? We've been at this for 10 years! The WRV community celebrated this milestone with our annual Spring Potluck on March 21, 2009. There was great food, drink, live music, a preview of the 2009 season, and a silent auction. Thanks to all who participated! We raised $4500 to support projects in 2009!

WRV Historical Timeline

Check out this fantastic pictorial Timeline of WRV's history, created by Todd Henderson. It shows our grassroots development and some of our accomplishments of the first 10 years.

Upcoming Volunteer Projects:

South Saint Vrain Trail Sat & Sun, July 11 & 12th

Join WRV for a fun weekend in the spectacular Brainard Lake Recreation Area. A section of the South St. Vrain Trail runs through an edge of the Indian Peaks Wilderness that will be re-routed by volunteers. Register for South Saint Vrain Trail.