Alliance Volunteer Opportunities
We are HUGE fans of volunteers and look forward to working with you during our next project or event. Check out the opportunities below and then fill out the google form to get involved. You can specify a certain event, or tell us what your general interests are and be added to our list.
Examples of volunteer opportunities:
- Events such as Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Sierra Day at the Capitol, and tabling at environmental fairs
- Media collection including photo and video, website help, and more
- Environmental surveying such as pine cone collection
- Joining our Board of Directors
- Teaching a class or leading a webinar in your area of expertise
- And more!
Partner Volunteer Opportunities
As an Alliance of the conservation community, we also serve as a hub for volunteer opportunities of our conservation Member Group partners. Check out those opportunities below, then visit the links listed to contact them directly.
League to Save Lake Tahoe
Get Involved, Make a Difference. From cleaning Tahoe’s shores to educating visitors, find a program that matches your passion. Each is an opportunity to protect the lake you love.
Volunteering should feel simple and rewarding. Browse current opportunities on our volunteer hub and save your spot in minutes. If you have questions or would like more information, our Volunteer Coordinator, Julie Lytle, is here to help you find a volunteer opportunity that matches your interests, skills, and schedule — from one‑time cleanups to ongoing citizen science.
Reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator by:
- Phone: (530) 541-5388 Ext.242
- Email: julie@keeptahoeblue.org
Sequoia Riverlands Trust Volunteer Days
Join us for a volunteer day at SRT’s Dry Creek Nursery, where we grow California native and drought-tolerant plants for landscaping and restoration purposes! Volunteer activities are tailored to allow people of all ages and abilities to participate. Tasks include a range of activities from horticultural (planting, transplanting, weeding, etc.) to nursery maintenance (raking/sweeping, organizing inventory, etc.).
Nursery volunteer days are held on the first and third Fridays of every month. For more information, please feel free to check out our social media accounts or reach out to our Education and Volunteer team at education@sequoiariverlands.org. Looking forward to seeing you out there!
Foothill Conservancy is seeking docents for the historic Monteverde Store in Sutter Creek
Foothill Conservancy is helping to make the Monteverde Store Museum more accessible to the Public. Conservancy staff open the store on Thursdays and Fridays and Conservancy volunteers help staff the store on weekends. The Monteverde Store has a fascinating collection of artifacts and we are proud that the conservancy can help the Museum reach its full potential. If you are interested in helping out with the Monteverde Store on behalf of the Conservancy (hours are credited to FC), please contact at 209-223-3508 or fhc@foothillconservancy.org.
Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS) Volunteer Program
As a small organization with a limited staff, volunteers can be tremendously helpful in achieving our mission and broadening our reach.
Volunteer opportunities may include Office & Admin, Outreach and Education, and Community Science. We will do our best to keep you apprised as volunteer opportunities develop. To hear about new opportunities as they arrive, you can join our volunteer mailing list!
Get involved with the Tahoe & Sierra Valley Chapter of the CA Native Plant Society
Current openings include:
Newsletter Editor – no experience necessary, training is provided. The software use to create the newsletters is user friendly and training will be provided.
Vice President, Board of Directors
Newsletter Committee, Webmaster, Horticulture/Garden/Firewise Communities Committee
If you are interested in getting involved with any of the above or if you have other interests or skills that you would like to use to help promote native plants, let us know! Email us at tahoe@cnps.org
Sugar Pine Foundation Volunteer Sign-up
We are dedicated to restoring sugar pines and other white pines in the Lake Tahoe region and beyond. By educating and involving local volunteers of all ages in hands-on forest stewardship, we are conserving these important native species for future generations to enjoy. To become a Sugar Pine Foundation volunteer sign up here.
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Volunteer Program
Volunteers are the heartbeat of the USDA Forest Service. Volunteer service in the Forest Service was formalized in the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972. The National Forests, Grasslands, and Prairies are there for you to enjoy because many people have served over numerous years to preserve, protect and improve them. Now you can give something back by volunteering.
What captures your interest? The diversity of projects and positions available offers each person a chance to participate in an activity that meets their individual or group interests. Trail work, bird surveys, conservation education, information receptionist, and wilderness restoration projects are a few examples of what may be available.
The Tahoe Area Sierra Club is seeking volunteers
Are you passionate about protecting the environment and quality of life in Tahoe? Do you have some free time to invest in the causes you believe in? Grassroots activism can make a difference and the Tahoe Area Group wants your help. The Tahoe Area Group has volunteer opportunities in outings, events, conservation, and communications.
Headwaters – Friends of the River’s online magazine is accepting submissions
Friends of the River’s Headwaters Magazine is a beautiful repository of articles about rivers and river recreation, opinion pieces, policy analysis, river news, art, photographs, and more.
We welcome submissions of articles that speak to the six areas in which we work for the protection of California’s rivers. These areas are hydropower reform, saving and storing water, restoring flows, flood management, legal and regulatory protections, and inspiring citizen action.
We also welcome submissions of visual art, creative writing, poetry, and photos that are centered around rivers and nature more broadly.
Not sure what to submit? Let’s work together. More info here. Please email headwaters@friendsoftheriver.org to discuss a submission.
Internship Opportunities
No current internship opportunities.
