After four years of continuous restoration efforts, we're going back to Coal Basin Ranch to restore more natural areas at the site that was once the base for a large-scale coal mining operation. Come learn about this beautiful area while healing degraded soils and plant communities. Join us this National Trails Day and get outside!

Structured youth activities are available for parents who would like to attend with children 4-8.

Join RFOV and friends as we celebrate 30 years of successful public lands stewardship and fundraise to secure the future of our programs. Come enjoy this memorable evening and mingle with all the inspiring individuals who have made our success possible, including RFOV’s founders, land manager partners and long-time volunteers.

Home to settlers, pioneers, war heroes, and iconic Wild-West characters, such as Doc Holliday, this easily accessible cemetery offers residents and visitors a taste of history among beautiful vistas along the trail. RFOV volunteers will continue the tradition of stewarding this historical landmark through the closing off social trails, formalizing existing trails, stabilizing degrading slopes, and trimming back vegetation.

RFOV is turning 30 in 2025! To celebrate, we are returning to trails and open spaces where our volunteers and staff have made a tangible, lasting impact over the last 3 decades! At our second 30th anniversary project, we celebrate our history in the creation and multi-decadal stewardship of Maroon Creek Wetlands! Join us for a day of restoration projects in this beautiful wetlands in the heart of Aspen!

Tired of the never ending chores of watering and mowing your lawn? Do you want to learn how to beautify your home and build habitat for crucial pollinators? Join RFOV for our pollinator garden installation training to learn how to build, plant and maintain a pollinator garden and learn about the amazing local pollinators of our Rocky Mountain region!

Home to settlers, pioneers, war heroes, and iconic Wild-West characters, such as Doc Holliday, this easily accessible cemetery offers residents and visitors a taste of history among beautiful vistas along the trail. RFOV volunteers will continue the tradition of stewarding this historical landmark through the closing off social trails, formalizing existing trails, stabilizing degrading slopes, and trimming back vegetation.

RFOV is turning 30 in 2025! To celebrate, we are returning to trails and open spaces where our volunteers and staff have made a tangible, lasting impact over the last 3 decades! Up first, we celebrate our history at the Red Hill Trail Network! Join us for an evening of trailwork and restoration projects on Carbondale's backyard hiking destination.

Come out to help provide needed improvements to this hidden-gem micro park on the banks of the Roaring Fork River in the Town of Basalt! Volunteers will help to level the park's seating area, trim back vegetation, plant trees, complete trail improvements and install solar-powered lights.

Help restore this important town park and riparian area for humans and wildlife to enjoy! We'll build on work that volunteers like you have done over the past four years by planting native trees and plants, battling the establishment of invasive plants, and maintaining trails throughout the preserve.

Structured youth activities are available for parents who would like to attend with children 4-8.

RFOV's community projects depend on Project Ambassadors to sign in and orient volunteers, talk to the community about the project and other RFOV work during the volunteer day, and support general project logistics. Please come learn about the Project Ambassador program and join us in this accessible, low-impact volunteer opportunity.

RFOV relies on volunteer crew leaders to make a busy project season successful. Have you ever wanted to help lead other volunteers in trail, restoration, and fire mitigation projects? The only experience required is love for the work we do and a desire to support RFOV projects!

Join us as experts from Coalitions & Collaboratives share relevant and engaging information about wildfire and fire mitigation. This is a classroom-based program that will connect you with applicable resources.

4th annual RFOV trivia night at Honey Butter Diner

Come help us clean and organize all the tools from the 2024 season!

Join us as experts from Coalitions & Collaboratives share relevant and engaging information about wildfire and fire mitigation. This is a classroom-based program that will connect you with applicable resources.

Beavers are important engineers of watershed health in Colorado. Once decimated, their population is now rebounding and they need your help! Through our Butler Creek BDA project, we will improve the vitality of the riparian area and increase the habitat potential for beavers and important wetland species. 

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Los castores son importantes ingenieros de la salud de las cuencas hidrográficas de Colorado. Su población, una vez destruida, se está recuperando y necesitan su ayuda. A través de nuestro proyecto Butler Creek BDA, mejoraremos la vitalidad de la zona ribereña y aumentaremos el potencial de hábitat para los castores e importantes especies de humedales cerca de Rifle, CO.

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Before it was a paradise for trail users, and before it was a shopping district, Wulfsohn Mountain Park was threatened by 2002's Coal Seam Fire. To help reduce the risk of another large wildfire in Glenwood Springs, join with fire experts to learn about wildfire behavior and ecology while continuing the years-long effort to mitigate wildfire risk. 

After three years of continuous restoration efforts, we're going back to Coal Basin Ranch to restore more natural areas at the site that was once the base for a large-scale coal mining operation. Come learn about this beautiful area while healing degraded soils and plant communities.

Coffman Ranch features 141 acres of productive ranch land, native wildlife habitat, and more than a century of deep agricultural roots. Join us to help create a welcoming place for our community and build deep connections with land, wildlife, and water. 

Structured youth activities are available.

Sponsored by Roaring Fork Valley Destination Alliance

Beavers are important engineers of watershed health in Colorado. Once decimated, their population is now rebounding and they need your help! Through our Butler Creek BDA project, we will improve the vitality of the riparian area and increase the habitat potential for beavers and important wetland species. 

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Los castores son importantes ingenieros de la salud de las cuencas hidrográficas de Colorado. Su población, una vez destruida, se está recuperando y necesitan su ayuda. A través de nuestro proyecto Butler Creek BDA, mejoraremos la vitalidad de la zona ribereña y aumentaremos el potencial de hábitat para los castores e importantes especies de humedales cerca de Rifle, CO.

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RFOV is joining Wilderness Workshop on September 15 for the ¡Celebremos al Aire Libre! event in honor of Latino Conservation Week! Come and enjoy the outdoors while helping the City of Glenwood Springs with a riverside restoration access project on the banks of the Colorado River. Open to all with guaranteed translation services provided.

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¡RFOV se une a Wilderness Workshop el 15 de septiembre para el evento ¡Celebremos al Aire Libre! en honor a la Semana Latina de la Conservación! Venga y disfrute del aire libre mientras ayuda a la ciudad de Glenwood Springs con un proyecto de acceso a la restauración ribereña en las orillas del río Colorado. Abierto a todos con servicios de interpretación garantizados.

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In continuation of the hard work on this trail by RFOV volunteers and Pitkin County Open Space and Trails staff throughout the season, we will be providing finishing work and maintenance for sustainability on this beloved horse and hiking trail. 

Come help the Town of Carbondale and RFOV staff remove a large amount of invasive species on the Red Hill Trails Network!

Recently acquired by Pitkin County Open Space and Trails, Snowmass Falls Ranch is a 650-acre parcel that serves as a gateway to the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. The area has over a century of ranching history as well as valuable wildlife habitat and stunning scenery. In its transition to public land, a key objective is the removal of unnecessary barbed wire within the property. Come help us restore this beautiful, wilderness-adjacent property to benefit wildlife movement.

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Recientemente adquirido por Open Space and Trails del condado de Pitkin, el rancho Snowmass Falls es una parcela de 650 acres que sirve de puerta de entrada a la naturaleza de Maroon Bells-Snowmass. La zona tiene más de un siglo de historia ganadera, así como un valioso hábitat de vida salvaje y un paisaje impresionante. En su transición a terreno público, un objetivo clave es la eliminación del innecesario alambre de púas dentro de la propiedad. Ayúdenos a restaurar esta hermosa propiedad adyacente a un espacio natural en beneficio de fauna salvaje.

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In 2023, a small sinkhole progressed into a large landslide and cut a swath across the popular Nature Trail in Snowmass Village. The town has since built a bridge to span the damaged area of the trail but needs your help to promote the revegetation of the area in and around the bridge and improve the sustainability of this trail along its length. Come join us for one or both evenings.

Pitkin County Open Space and Trails recently adopted a management plan to guide the future of the Coke Ovens Open Space. While some of this property continues to support horses and Western heritage activities, many areas contain old and unnecessary fencing. Join us near the small town of Redstone to help improve wildlife mobility and access to Coal Creek by removing barbed wire from this beautiful property.

In 2023, a small sinkhole progressed into a large landslide and cut a swath across the popular Nature Trail in Snowmass Village. The town has since built a bridge to span the damaged area of the trail but needs your help to promote the revegetation of the area in and around the bridge and improve the sustainability of this trail along its length. Come join us for one or both evenings.

Sponsored by Roaring Fork Valley Destination Alliance

*NOTE: the date in RFOV’s project season announcement of August 8 is wrong. This project is on Tuesday, August 6 from 4-8 pm.