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Volunteer Land Steward Program
The Conservation Community (that’s you!) has helped us to conserve over 30,000 acres of the beautiful wildlife habitats, waters, healthy forests, open spaces, and recreational lands that are essential to life in our region. One way you can help is by becoming a Volunteer Land Steward! Stewards design and complete habitat enhancement projects, monitor trails, educate public land users, and note wildlife, vegetative, and hydrologic trends on the land. Your extra eyes and ears on the land help us to be more responsive land managers and your extra hands ensure that important projects get completed quickly. Learn more below or contact us to get started.
How to Become a Land Steward
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Volunteer Orientation
Your first step is to attend a Volunteer Orientation. Get started by contacting Ben Sprague to express your interest, or fill out the form below and we’ll help get you registered.
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Select a Property
Once you’ve attended the training, you can select a property. We’ll discuss what kind of projects you’d like to work on, what landscape features you enjoy being near while you’re outdoors, and to get you matched with a place you’ll love.
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Get the Tools
After you’ve selected a property, we’ll get you some useful tools such as a baseline report (an inventory of species found on the property and a general description of the landscape), printable property maps, and a digital landscape handbook.
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Schedule a Site Visit
The last step of the training process is a site visit to the property you’ve selected. INLC stewardship staff will walk you through heavily used trails, hot spots, or areas that frequently see issues like garbage, photo points, or areas that are likely to change and should be repeatedly visited.
Interested in Volunteering?
Contact us and we’ll get you signed up for a volunteer orientation. Learn which opportunities are the best fit for you. Let us know in the comment section if you are interested in Land Stewardship.
Additional Resources
Check out more resources here to help make your land stewarding experience a success!
Building on Local Park History
It's In Our Nature
We’re building on local parks history and have a bold vision for access to the outdoors. One that will last our community for the next 100 years and beyond.
Where We Work
We protect a variety of private and public land throughout the Inland Northwest. To find out more about our project areas, check out Where We Work.
Land Steward Report Form
Log your volunteer hours and observations here. Under “Volunteer Type” select “Volunteer land steward.”