Poudre Wilderness Volunteers

Poudre Wilderness Volunteers
Formation1995; 29 years ago (1995)
FounderCharles "Chuck" Bell
TypeNonprofit
84-1333391
Legal status501(c)(3)
HeadquartersFort Collins, Colorado
Region
Arapaho National Forest, Roosevelt National Forest, Pawnee National Grassland
Board Chair
Sean Orner (2024 - Three Year Term)
Staff
0
Volunteers
250 to 320 [1]
Websitehttps://www.pwv.org/

Poudre Wilderness Volunteers (PWV) is a volunteer group that assists the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the US Forest Service (USFS). Poudre Wilderness Volunteers recruits and trains volunteers to serve as wilderness rangers and hosts for the purpose of educating the public and providing other support to the USFS.

Volunteers for PWV attend an offsite three-day training session every five years, and are asked to perform at least six patrols (hiking, backpacking, or on horseback) during each hiking season, which runs from January through September. In addition to performing patrols, PWV volunteers perform other duties such as clearing weeds, trailhead hosting, and collecting forest usage data for the USFS.

Poudre Wilderness Volunteers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and has no paid staff[2]

  1. ^ "Poudre Wilderness Volunteers Organization".
  2. ^ "Poudre Wilderness Volunteers - Nonprofit Explorer". 9 May 2013.