Restore streams in northern Arizona during the day, sleep in your own bed at night
Join us on June 13, 2026 to restore the health of wetlands and streams that flow through northern Arizona’s ponderosa pine forests.
Protecting water resources is a key step in supporting more resilient forests, especially as the climate warms. In northern Arizona, spring-fed streams are small but vital water sources that support plants and animals seldom found anywhere else in the forest.
We’ll be working on a stream in Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff that has been impacted by drought, flash floods, and overgrazing, resulting in erosion, steep banks, vegetation loss, and less surface water. On these day trips (June 13 and June 14), we will install rock structures in eroded areas to help slow and spread out the water flow. This will help re-establish native plants, support downstream water availability, and improve forest health beyond the boundaries of our work.
Who can sign up?
We encourage everyone who is excited about conservation on the Colorado Plateau to sign up for our trips. Our trip ratings will give you an idea of the physical work, terrain, and accommodations involved. This trip is rated as difficult.
Many of our trips are family friendly! Please see our FAQs for more information or email us with questions about particular trips.
Membership is optional, but we ask that participants who are comfortable financially become members of the Grand Canyon Trust with a $25 donation. Members receive a subscription to our biannual print magazine, The Advocate. Please contact us if you have any questions. You’ll also need to submit your volunteer application form to secure your spot on the trip.
What to expect
We’ll meet in the morning at the work site (exact location will be specified in pre-trip emails) for a safety talk and project introduction. We’ll spend the day lifting rocks, digging pools, and restoring stream habitats, breaking for lunch together around midday. We will wrap up work around 4 p.m.
We’d love your help at the other stream stewards work days too! Sign up for more stream restoration fun on June 14
Accommodations
Vehicles will be nearby, but plan to be without formal amenities for the day.
The Trust provides: Water, snacks, field equipment, tools, and training. We will not be staying overnight at the site.
Participants provide: Personal transportation to the site, sack lunch, work clothes, work gloves, refillable water bottle, wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses, rain gear, and any other necessities for a day in the woods. Please come prepared.
How to sign up:
- Select “SIGN UP,” and follow the prompts.
- Check your email for further instructions.
- Send in your volunteer application form for the year.
- Become a member of the Grand Canyon Trust.
- A Trust trip leader will confirm your spot.
Questions? Email volunteernow@grandcanyontrust.org
Trip packing list
Our gear list will help you prepare. We can loan some items on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact us for details.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about logistics, the food you'll eat during the trip, or the difficulty of the field work? Check out the frequently asked questions.
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Public health considerations on volunteer trips
Our top priority is the safety and comfort of our trip participants. Precautionary measures that will be followed on trips to avoid the spread of communicable diseases will be communicated in pre-trip emails. If we feel that a trip cannot be safely conducted due to public health conditions, or for any other reason, we will cancel the trip with as much notice as possible. Volunteers or participants may reach out to volunteernow@grandcanyontrust.org with any questions.
The Grand Canyon Trust is committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our work. The conservation field and the Colorado Plateau have their own histories of racial injustice and exclusion and as a largely white organization, we know we have work to do. We are actively working to make the conservation field and the Colorado Plateau more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive. Read the Grand Canyon Trust’s justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion statement
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