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Your 2024 CO Gives Day contribution supports RFOV's mission to promote community-powered stewardship of our shared outdoors. This mission brings together over 1,400 volunteers, 11 project staff and more than 20 land managers to care for public lands from Aspen to Parachute.
About RFOV
RFOV focuses on Sustainable Recreation, Healthy Landscapes and Fire Adaptation as our three core stewardship program areas - engaging volunteers of all ages and walks of life to care for our shared outdoors in partnership with regional municipalities, land managers and other nonprofits. The organization also provides robust youth programming through our Young Stewards service learning experiences, Spruce up Your Schools projects and the year-long Youth in Nature empowerment program for high school students.
Our Mission: Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) promotes stewardship of our public lands by engaging our community in education, restoration, and conservation projects.
Our Vision: We strive to create a diverse and engaged community of outdoor stewards working collectively for the benefit of our public lands.
Our Impact: RFOV strives to make a positive, tangible and lasting impact on our landscape with every project, to inspire a sense of belonging through stewardship and to leave our participants feeling empowered to contribute to their communities in a meaningful way.
“When I complete a project with RFOV, I feel like I should pay them for the wonderful experience they just provided me.”
- John Westropp, RFOV Volunteer & Member
"Working with RFOV gives me a chance to give back to the places that bring me so much joy. Not only is it an organized and focused group that guides volunteers to the best way to have an impact - but it is also a unified community that shares a collective passion to protect the places we play for future generations to come."
- Jake Wheeler, RFOV Volunteer
"Think of what we could accomplish if every trail user between Independence Pass and Parachute would volunteer for one day, once a year."
- Helen Carlsen, RFOV Volunteer & Member
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) promotes stewardship of our public lands by engaging our community in education, restoration, and conservation projects. We strive to create a diverse and engaged community of outdoor stewards working collectively for the benefit of our public lands.
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) was founded in 1995 by a group of locals who saw the need for a volunteer organization to work in partnership with the public agencies that manage, preserve and protect our public lands. Our goal was to support these land managers, as well as local municipalities and other conservation-minded organizations, by providing not only a willing workforce, but also a solid foundation of expertise and resources needed to maintain the health and accessibility of our shared outdoors.
Built on the successful model of the Appalachian Trail Club and Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, RFOV encourages community members to be active participants in caring for our shared outdoors. Our programs promote an ethos of stewardship and collaboration while also fostering a sense of belonging for our volunteers as they work together to accomplish these hands-on projects to maintain trails, restore habitats and adapt to new wildfire risks.
Additionally, our Young Stewards Program focuses on inspiring and encouraging the next generation of public lands stewards through school and group volunteer days. Check out the "Programs" tab below to learn more about our current community stewardship and youth program areas.
Organization name
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
other names
RFOV
1995
Tax id (EIN)
84-1302819
Category
Environment
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
520 South Third Street #32Mailing
520 South Third Street #32Eagle County, CO, US
Garfield County, CO, US
Pitkin County, CO, US
Gunnison County, CO, US