Wildlands Restoration Volunteers (WRV) is a non-profit volunteer-centered organization, established in 1999, that organizes high-quality

ecological restoration Restoration ecology is the scientific study supporting the practice of ecological restoration, which is the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human interrupt ...

projects on public lands in the United States. The WRV mission is to foster a community spirit of shared responsibility for the stewardship and restoration of public and protected lands. WRV organizes more than 100 volunteer projects per year, completing a wide variety of important habitat restoration and conservation work. Some projects are completed in a single day, while others may last a weekend or longer. Projects lasting more than one day allow for camping opportunities in mountain settings. Attendance averages 60 volunteers, but ranges from 10 to over 100. During most projects, the group provides meals to its volunteers. WRV has offices in Boulder and

Fort Collins A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

and works primarily across

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

and southern

Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the s ...

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Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
Environmental organizations based in Colorado Boulder, Colorado Organizations based in Fort Collins, Colorado Environmental organizations established in 1999 1999 establishments in the United States Ecology of the Rocky Mountains