Support the natural areas of Burlington as a Trail Steward!
As a Burlington Wildways Trail Steward, you can help to keep our natural areas clean, welcoming and accessible. This program allows you to volunteer on your own time, with a friend, or during group projects. Stewards enjoy helping our partner organizations with trail building, non-native invasive plant management, trail network upkeep and more!
Benefits
- Hands-on and virtual trainings
- Annual appreciation events with pizza and gifts
- Member worker hours for City Market
- Opportunity for high-school* community service requirement
- Time spent with others in the natural world
*Participants must be 16+ to volunteer
Joining the program is easy!
- Create an account and complete the online Trail Stewardship Training.
- Attend an in-person orientation with Burlington Wildways or partner staff to learn about your chosen wild place and how you can make an impact.
- Begin stewarding! You’ll be given the resources to start, learn how to use our on-trail reporting app, and we ask that you log your hours so we can track this amazing community impact. Go out on your own, with friends, or during group volunteer sessions.
- If you would like to change your stewarding area or add another, simply attend an orientation for another natural area.
