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
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
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
Most community members recognize Friends of the Dillon Ranger District as a trail maintenance and stewardship non-profit group. A large portion of our volunteer hours every year come from the 30-40 trail projects we have throughout the project season. The volunteer work at these trail projects can be more physically demanding and not for
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
Recreation in Summit County is busier than ever before and FDRD’s mission is increasingly important to both our community and visitors. We were able to accomplishment a lot in our 2022 field season. We wouldn’t be able to be as productive without our amazing volunteers. We had volunteers that have been
Fish Shocking This past month, we had the opportunity to bring volunteers out into the field with the USFS Fisheries Crew to do some fish shocking at North Fork of Swan River. Fish shocking is a technique used to temporarily attract and immobilize fish in an area to monitor and study them.
Social Distancing Friendly Volunteer Opportunities New Ways to Volunteer This Summer While Following Social Distancing Guidelines Here at FDRD we've been hard at work brainstorming and coordinating some outdoor volunteer opportunities for our amazing community, that are safe to do during a global pandemic. Because we all know that
