Volunteer

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At the heart of the Leelanau Conservancy is a simple truth: time is a gift. Our volunteers choose to share that gift in ways that make a lasting difference for Leelanau’s lands, waters, and trails.

Every hour you give helps restore landscapes, protect thriving habitats, and strengthen the connections that make this place so special. Together, we care for the natural spaces that define our community today and into the future.

We’re grateful for the time, energy, and heart our volunteers bring to this work, and we’d love for you to be part of it. Join us in protecting Leelanau.

Volunteer Questionnaire

From helping with mailings to planting trees, we have lots of opportunities; some but not all of the jobs we have on tap are mentioned below. The best way for us to match you up is for you to fill out our Volunteer Questionnaire so that we can get to know your interests and availability.

Sign up to Volunteer

Docents

Taking a hike with our wonderful, knowledgeable docents is a great way to get to know our natural areas. Annually, they lead over 500 people on hikes in all four seasons.

Meet Our Docents

Trail Stewards

Our trail stewards walk their assigned natural areas regularly and help to keep trails open by removing trees and communicating with our staff about trail conditions.

Learn More/ Submit Your Report

Volunteer Workbee Events

If you love being outside and want to make a difference, sign up for a workbee! Trail maintenance, planting trees and invasive species removal are among the many jobs our volunteers help with.

See Events

Photographers

Our story is a visual one and we rely on our talented volunteer photographers to capture the essence of our natural areas and the people who hike and volunteer at them. Please contact us if you are interested in sharing your photos of Leelanau for us to use!

Email us

Log Volunteer Hours

Every hour matters. Reporting your time helps protect the places we love.

Learn More

Water Monitoring

We have been monitoring county lakes and streams almost since our founding in 1988. Volunteers are needed to help gather water samples and take other measurements such as flow and depth.

Meet Our Monitors

Wildflower Rescue

Each spring this group digs wildflowers that might otherwise be bulldozed under because of a house or driveway going in. They then sell the plants over Friday and Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend at an annual Wildflower Rescue Plant Sale.