Take Pride in America Volunteer Opportunities
Get Your Club Involved with Take Pride in America!
ARRA, along with MIC, SVIA, and NOHVCC, is again sponsoring the TPIA Volunteer Recognition Program. Find out how easy it is to make your club’s volunteer projects official Take Pride in America projects and receive recognition and prizes for your efforts. Click here to learn more and register!
To see new Take Pride in America PSA's featuring Clint Eastwood, click here.
Below are pictures sent to ARRA in response to its Club Recognition Program for Volunteer Projects 2004.
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Great Falls Trail Bike Riders Association Adopt a Trail project for Pilgrim Creek Trail #304. Shown in the picture are Theron Burch & Bob Short, Back at trailhead with weeds.
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Great Falls Trail Bike Riders Association Adopt a Trail project for Pilgrim Creek Trail #304. Shown in the picture are Doug Nelson & Theron Burch, Weed Crew, spotted knapweed. |
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
To check on ongoing Volunteer Opportunities on federal lands and waterways, check the following:
USDA Forest Service website at: http://www.fs.fed.us/fsjobs/volunteers.html
U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management website at: http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm
National Park Service website at: http://www.nps.gov/volunteer/index.htm
TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA RESOURCES
To read Secretary Norton's Take Pride in America speech, click here.
To visit the Take Pride website, click here.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Rally the riders! Bring your gear, your energy and your dedication to the land!
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Register to receive timely information about volunteer opportunities in your area via ARRA's email list.
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Check for Volunteer Opportunities on the ARRA website periodically for contact information and updates on volunteer projects.
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Contact your local Forest Service office for information specific to your area; go to www.fs.fed.us to find your local Forest Service office.
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Contact ARRA webmaster@mail.arra-access.com and let us know about volunteer opportunities in your area.
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Talk to other riders, family, co-workers, fellow congregants and friends to let them know about a volunteer project near you where their help is needed.
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Tell the Forest Service and BLM offices that your local riding club or organization is ready to help out now and in the Spring. Establish those contacts with the folks who are responsible for managing our public lands.
ARRA wants to be a resource to its members and public lands managers. One important way of doing this is to provide information about volunteer opportunities with the various federal agencies responsible for the stewardship of our public lands and waterways.
This website page offers specific information about ways you can make a difference at some of the most important recreation spots in the country. This website page also provides direct links to federal agency websites that can provide additional information about volunteer opportunities.
Federal land agencies simply do not have the staff or the funds to do all that is necessary to keep our recreation areas in tip top shape. It is often said that America is what it is today because of the contributions that volunteers make to our society. Caring for our public lands today is so important if we are to leave these wonderful areas to future generations to enjoy. If you want to make a difference, explore today what you can do to assist our federal land managers.
Please refer to this website often, because we will continue to post new information about volunteer opportunities when such information becomes available to us.
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