Name: Limber Pine Planting Volunteer Day
Start: 2025-10-01T08:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-10-01T16:30:00-06:00
Location: Beaver Meadows Visitor Center

Limber Pine Planting Volunteer Day

Rocky Mountain Conservancy's Education Team directly supports the organization's mission by offering a wide range of educational opportunities, focused on building a love of wild places and inspiring people to act to preserve them. Educational offerings include half-day, full-day, and multi-day adult programs led by expert instructors, as well as scenic ecology bus tours for the whole family, guided hikes, and special programs just for kids and families.

Rocky Mountain Conservancy

Ready for a challenge? Join us on this intense volunteer opportunity to plant Limber Pine saplings inside the 2020 wildfire burn areas.

Beaver Meadows Visitor Center

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Project Description:Come join us in planting limber pine seedlings! The East Troublesome wildfire of 2020 burned several populations of limber pines within Rocky Mountain National Park so intensely that natural regeneration will likely take several decades to begin again. This is your chance to participate in the recovery process and give limber pine saplings a helping hand. Last year, volunteers helped plant over 1700 limber pine seedlings!Limber pine is a species of management concern in the park due to its decline throughout the North American West under pressure from climate change, white pine blister rust (an introduced fungal disease), beetle outbreaks, and wildfire. In Canada, limber pine is already listed as an endangered species. RMNP has an unusually high percentage of limber pines displaying genetic resistance to white pine blister, so the key to the future of the species may lie within these local genetics. By spending a day hard at work in the park, you're helping to give this iconic species a fighting chance in the future.What to expect: This is a great fit for volunteers looking for a challenge! Participants will need to be able to complete a strenuous 3-mile roundtrip hike, with 0.25 mile off-trail, to the planting site on steep terrain. Be prepared to carry a pack with your personal gear and work materials over tough terrain. Volunteers will be planting 3"-tall seedlings within a wildfire burn scar in exposed conditions (sun, wind, rain, snow). Planting will involve carrying seedlings to work site, kneeling, digging with hand tools, and attention to careful planting techniques. Volunteers must be willing and able to work in very steep, difficult terrain with loose and possibly falling rock. Volunteers must also be comfortable knowing that they will not have access to their personal vehicles for 8+ hours and that work may take place in adverse weather conditions.Minimum age: 18 yearsTime: 8:00am - 4:30pmDeparture and return location: RMNP Headquarters at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. A shuttle will take volunteers from headquarters to Hollowell Park Trailhead.Work site: Steep Mountain accessed via 1.2-mile hike from Hollowell Park TrailheadNearest bathroom: Hollowell Park TrailheadGear to bring: Layers (it can be hot or snow, even on the same day), rain gear, sun protection (sunscreen, hat, sunglasses), gloves if you prefer your own, day pack, lunch and snacks, and at least 2 liters of water per person.Note: Each date has a minimum requirement of 4 volunteers and a maximum of 10. If your desired date does not meet the minimum group requirement, we will try to reschedule you for another date.Questions? Reach out to the Conservancy's education team at <a href="mailto:education@RMConservancy.org" title="mailto:education@RMConservancy.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">education@RMConservancy.org</a> or 970-586-3262.

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