Boost the health of wetlands in northern Arizona
Join us Sept. 4-7, 2026 to build rock structures in stream channels.
Protecting water resources is a key step in supporting more resilient forests, especially as the climate warms. Join us to restore the health of wetlands and streams that flow through northern Arizona’s ponderosa pine forests.
We’ll be working on a stream in Coconino National Forest on the Mogollon Rim that has been impacted by drought, flash floods, and overgrazing, resulting in erosion, steep banks, vegetation loss, and less surface water.
On this trip, 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.
Location Arizona
Contact Lena Bain
Open to Everyone
Trip Rating Difficult
Topics Climate Adaptation, Forest Ecology, Habitat Restoration
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 fuel up with coffee and breakfast in the mornings and spend our days lifting rocks, digging pools, and restoring stream habitats. We’ll return to camp in the evenings for free time, tasty appetizers, delicious dinners, and stargazing. We’ll hear from a U.S. Forest Service partner and Grand Canyon Trust staff about conservation work and ways to stay involved after the trip. On the last day, we’ll finish any remaining field work, break camp, and head home.
Accommodations
We will car camp next to our project site on the Mogollon Rim. The Trust will provide water, a full camp kitchen, and camp toilet.
The Trust provides: All meals, water, snacks, field equipment, tools, and training.
Participants provide: Personal transportation to the site, individual camping gear, coffee mug, lunch container, work clothes, work gloves, wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses, rain gear, and clothes for warm days and cold nights. 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
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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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