2025 Youth Forest Stewards (YFS) Youth Forest Stewards: 2025 Season Recap Building skills. Giving back. Growing stewards of the forest. Our Youth Forest Stewards (YFS) program wrapped up another incredible season in 2025! With an average of 10 dedicated high school students at each project, this year’s crew put in
2024 Youth Forest Stewards Ready for some trail-trekking, hands-on learning, and making a difference in our local environment? That is exactly what the Youth Forest Stewards program is designed for! Youth ages 14-18 volunteer on trail work projects, educational opportunities, and gain experience and knowledge in careers in the outdoor
West Ridge Bridge Construction Building Bridges & Crossing Creeks Have you ever been walking on a trail and asked yourself “Why haven’t they built a bridge here?” If you have you’d better keep reading because it is not as easy as you would think! The West Ridge Trail is a
2024 Accomplishments FDRD volunteers had a very busy 2024 summer field season filled with lots of trail maintenance, educational hikes, and cleaning up our public lands. Thank you to all of our volunteers, community and USFS partners for making this year one of our most successful! Folks from our community and beyond
FDRD Afterschool Program JUNIOR FOREST STEWARDS Afterschool Enrichment on Wednesdays Fall 2025 at Silverthorne Elementary Friends of the Dillon Ranger District (FDRD) is excited to offer the Junior Forest Stewards program at Silverthorne Elementary in the fall semester! This FREE afterschool program will run
2023 Accomplishments Recreation in Summit County is busier than ever before and FDRD’s mission is increasingly important to both our community and visitors. We accomplished a lot of work in the 2023 field season which would not have been possible without our volunteers and our USFS partners. The community involvement
Shooting stars are pretty cool. They light up the night sky with quick blazes across the horizon and you can wish on them (whether or not that wish comes true is to-be-determined). However, in reality, shooting stars are not something straight out of a fairy tale or Disney movie, but they are a result of
Hiking Quandary Peak this summer? Everything you need to know about parking for access to Quandary Peak can be found here. Visitors wishing to hike Quandary Peak or McCullough Gulch during summer 2025, must make a parking reservation or ride a shuttle from June 14 to September 14, 2025. Outside of this period,
Join Our Team! Youth Forest Stewards What are they and how do I become one?! Applications Are Now Open! Deadline: May 1st, 2023 The Youth Forest Stewards (YFS) is a program with Friends of the Dillon Ranger District (FDRD) that brings together high school aged students for a
Ranger Patrollers in the Wild Ranger Patrol is FDRD’s most popular volunteer program! This opportunity is designed for hiking enthusiasts who enjoy interacting with fellow forest users and giving back to their local National Forest all at once. With visitation in Summit County increasing on an annual basis, the need for informed and dedicated volunteers
