Volunteering

Help water & monitor milkweed plants that are vital to monarch butterflies. Read what you'll get to do: Instructions

Milkweed growers and other folks will gather at the Cave Creek Ranger Station warehouse area to plant this year's seedlings.  contact Patti Fenner at pfenner@friendsofthetonto.org

Lake Pleasant is creating a Monday clean-up crew.  If you are available on any Monday, please join us as we pick up litter along the shoreline.  Volunteers will meet Park Assistant Doug Robertson outside of the main building at the entry station where he’ll sign them. After signing in, volunteers will be directed to where [...]

Lake Pleasant is creating a Monday clean-up crew.  If you are available on any Monday, please join us as we pick up litter along the shoreline. Date- Every Monday from 4/10/23-10/30/23 Time – April 7:00am-9:00am May-Oct 6:00am-8:00am Location – Park at Castle Hot Springs dirt lot near the entry station. Meet with Park Assistant Doug [...]

Join us for a day of trail work on passage 11c! Work may include brushing, tread work, and minor rock work. Bring plenty of water!

  The AZT VETS (Veteran Engagement | Trail Stewardship), with support from Team Rubicon West Branch and Coronado National Forest Service, is hosting this special 3rd Annual Veteran Volunteer Work Weekend over Veterans Day weekend on Passage 1 of the Arizona Trail, continuing the remediation from double-track to single-track after machinery obliterated the trail between [...]

Join Friends of the Tonto NF in removing fountain and buffel grasses.  

Join Friends of the Tonto NF in removing fountain and buffel grasses.  

Milkweed growers and other folks will gather at the Larry Forbis Group Recreation Site on the Lower Salt River to plant this year's seedlings.

Join Saddlebrooke Hiking Club for a morning of work on passage 13.  

Register here to join Friends of the Tonto NF in removing fountain and buffel grasses.

The Alamo Canyon Passage is classic Sonoran desert - rugged, remote and beautiful. Though it burned in the Telegraph fire of 2021, this is still a striking landscape with amazing rock and spectacular views - and now it needs our help more than ever as it recovers from the damage done by the flames. Join [...]

We will meet at the entrance to the Spook Hill spillway on the north side of Eagle Crest Drive at gps coordinates 33.481010, -111.682217 Mesa, Arizona.  Parking will be available at this location.

Join us in the southern Superstition Mountains on the slopes of Montana Mountain for a remote work event supported by 4wds. We have secured two modified four-door jeep Rubicons to take us up FR650 to the trail junction near Montana Mountain. This will allow us to get the crew in position to trim the overgrown [...]

Join Friends of the Tonto NF in removing fountain and buffel grasses at Massacre Grounds Trailhead  

Coffee, Casting, Camaraderie & Trash Pick-up

Celebrate 2024 with a morning of trail work with Saddlebrooke Hiking Club on passage 13. We will focus on catclaw removal and repairing damaged tread. After introductions and a safety briefing, we will work on the trail until about 11:30a. After that, we will regroup in the parking area for light refreshments. Dress warm! We [...]

Invasive species are among the biggest threats to our park’s ecosystem health. They outcompete native plants, decrease biodiversity, and increase wildfire occurrences and magnitude. Desert Defenders is a citizen science program focused on removing invasive species in parks. The Invasive plant species have severely impacted our park’s natural ecosystems and contributed to our most recent [...]

Invasive species are among the biggest threats to our park’s ecosystem health. They outcompete native plants, decrease biodiversity, and increase wildfire occurrences and magnitude. Desert Defenders is a citizen science program focused on removing invasive species in parks. The Invasive plant species have severely impacted our park’s natural ecosystems and contributed to our most recent [...]

We’ll meet outdoors at the Robles Ranch Civic Center in Three Points (15160 West Ajo Highway)  This is our 9th ALL THE WAY TO THE BORDER  annual celebration of sun, fun and litter when we clean the entire 45 miles of Arizona Highway 286 from Three Points to Sasabe -- All the Way to the [...]

Invasive species are among the biggest threats to our park’s ecosystem health. They outcompete native plants, decrease biodiversity, and increase wildfire occurrences and magnitude. Desert Defenders is a citizen science program focused on removing invasive species in parks. The Invasive plant species have severely impacted our park’s natural ecosystems and contributed to our most recent [...]