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2025 Stewardship Season – Registration is OPEN!
Applicants may apply for up to (2) projects for the 2025 season.
Questions? Contact volunteer@suwa.org.
Sego Lily WSA: Recreation Restoration – WAITLIST
The Landscape The Sego Lily Wilderness Study Area (WSA) sits within 'The Lands In Between," which refers to an archeologically rich corridor between protected areas such as Bears Ears National […]
Burr Trail Scenic Backway: WSA Protection & Monitoring – 1 OPENING
The Landscape The 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is an extraordinary landscape. The monument is world renowned for its remarkable paleontological discoveries, stunning scenery, and outstanding recreational opportunities. Local […]
Bears Ears: Cultural Site Survey – WAITLIST
**It is an honor and privilege to visit these sites and support their protection. Participants must understand that this is a sacred landscape and treat sites with the utmost care […]
Grand Staircase-Escalante: WSA Boundary Implementation – 2 OPENINGS
**This is a roving project on high-clearance 4x4 roads in extremely remote country. Applicants will be screened for extensive backcountry travel experience. Participants will bring their own high-clearance vehicle and […]
Dark Canyon Wilderness: Backpacking & Habitat Restoration – WAITLIST
**THIS PROJECT INVOLVES MULTI-DAY BACKPACKING** The Landscape With the designation of Bears Ears National Monument on December 28th, 2016, a new layer of protection was granted to some of the […]
Cedar Mountain Wilderness – FULL
**THIS PROJECT IS FULL** SUWA occasionally reserves projects for student groups, nonprofits and other organizations seeking to engage on the issues primary to our mission. Contact volunteer@suwa.org for more information. […]
Deep Creek Mountains: WSA Protection & Monitoring
The Landscape The Deep Creek Mountains, officially the Deep Creek Range (Goshute: Pi'a-roi-ya-bi), are a mountain range in the Great Basin located in extreme western Tooele County and Juab County. […]
Bears Ears: Elk Ridge
The Landscape With the designation of Bears Ears National Monument on December 28th, 2016, a new layer of protection was granted to some of the most spectacular places in southern […]
Tavaputs Plateau: WSA Protection & Monitoring
**THIS PROJECT REMAINS IN DEVELOPMENT** Contact volunteer@suwa.org for more information. The Landscape Winter Ridge Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is located on the Tavaputs Plateau within the Book Cliffs in east-central […]
Yampa Wilds: WSA Boundary Implementation
**THIS PROJECT REMAINS IN DEVELOPMENT** Contact volunteer@suwa.org for more information. The Landscape Daniels Canyon Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is located along Cub Creek near Dinosaur National Monument in Utah's northeastern […]
Desolation Wilds: WSA Protection & Monitoring
**THIS PROJECT REMAINS IN DEVELOPMENT** Contact volunteer@suwa.org for more information. The Landscape The Uinta Basin is Utah's mecca for oil and gas production, but just to the south lies the […]
Grand Staircase – Escalante: Backpacking & Impact Remediation
**THIS PROJECT INVOLVES MULTI-DAY BACKPACKING** The Landscape The 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is an extraordinary landscape. The monument is world renowned for its remarkable paleontological discoveries, stunning scenery, […]
Latino Conservation Week – Canyon Country Stewardship Program
**THIS PROJECT IS RESERVED FOR LATINO CONSERVATION WEEK PARTICIPANTS** SUWA occasionally reserves projects for student groups, nonprofits, and other organizations seeking to engage on the issues primary to our mission. […]
Indian Creek: Riparian Restoration
*Additional information will be posted in the coming weeks* The Landscape With the designation of Bears Ears National Monument on December 28th, 2016, a new layer of protection was granted […]
Beaver Dam Wash: Wilderness Implementation
The Landscape The wilderness lands of Washington County in the southwestern corner of Utah are diverse and extensive. Through the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Congress designated approximately […]
Grand Staircase – Escalante: Circle Cliffs Remediation
The Landscape The 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is an extraordinary landscape. The monument is world renowned for its remarkable paleontological discoveries, stunning scenery, and outstanding recreational opportunities. Local […]
Bears Ears: Beef Basin
The Landscape Beef Basin is a remote and at-risk landscape within Bears Ears National Monument, as it lies just outside of Canyonlands National Park and therefore has not been afforded […]
Grand Staircase-Escalante: Paria River Protection – FULL
**THIS PROJECT IS FULL** SUWA occasionally reserves projects for student groups, nonprofits, and other organizations seeking to engage on the issues primary to our mission. Contact volunteer@suwa.org for more information. […]
San Rafael Swell: Wilderness Implementation 2
The Landscape On March 12, 2019, the Emery County Public Land Management Act was signed into law as the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. As part […]
Bears Ears: Cedar Mesa Naturalization 2
The Landscape With the designation of Bears Ears National Monument on December 28th, 2016, a new layer of protection was granted to some of the most spectacular places in southern […]
Washington County Wilderness
**APPLICANTS LIVING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL RECEIVE PRIORITY ACCEPTANCE FOR THIS PROJECT AS PART OF OUR WILDERNESS STEWARD PROGRAM. ALL ARE WELCOME TO APPLY.** SUWA occasionally reserves projects for student […]