Volunteers Needed: Help Us Build a Bridge

[This is event is also posted under our Preserve Volunteer Group on Meetup. LINK Consider joining that to see all of our volunteer opportunities. (You do not have to join under each listing.)]

Want to be a part of improving our trails?

Join VOF preserve staff and fellow volunteers for a bridge repair day along our Fern Hollow Trail, this December.

The 20' bridge needs all new tread boards & wooden stringers and we need help carrying in all of the material.
Volunteers are needed to hike in the wooden planks (about a mile from the trail head)
No experience is necessary. VOF has all the tools and lumber necessary for assembling the bridge itself.

Meet at the Trailhead at the end of Beverly Mill Drive at 9:00 AM, Saturday, December 7th

This (like most of our volunteer work) is highly physical activity that is geared towards improving the publicly-accessible trails at Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve.

All tools and materials are provided by Virginia Outdoors Foundation
Please bring leather work gloves and be on time.

We strongly encourage wearing field-appropriate clothing for trail work: long pants/field pants, work gloves, long sleeves, a hat and sunscreen. Bring plenty of water and any snacks if you desire them. Our workdays generally last from 3 to 4 hours but are flexible.

All volunteer days are subject to weather - should there be an excess of high-winds and storms, we will cancel! If you have any questions about the workday please contact
Conservation Assistant Deneith Reif at [email protected] or at (540) 614-9849