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WildEarth Guardians volunteering – organizing, internships, and more

Volunteer

WildEarth Guardians’ dedicated volunteers help restore wild places throughout the West, organize and run events, and much more, while our interns get immersed in the world of conservation. Learn more about our volunteer and internship opportunities here.

General Volunteers

From stuffing envelopes to organizing and helping at our events, plus everything in-between, WildEarth Guardians always needs volunteers. Whether you have just a few hours to give or would like to make a regular commitment of your time, we will put you to work on tasks that suit your interest and availability. Contact us to get started.

Photography or Media Volunteers

Are you willing to donate your wildlife, wild places, or climate and energy photos to WildEarth Guardians? We are always on the lookout for new images to use on our website and in print materials. Please send inquiry or relevant images to our Communications Director, Dave Levine. We are also always on the lookout for photographers for our events who have the ability to give us the images in a quick turnaround. If you are interested, send us an email here.

Internships

At WildEarth Guardians, you have the opportunity to gain important skills in conservation work. Since conservation advocacy involves working in the scientific, legal, and policy arenas, working with WildEarth Guardians will give you an excellent opportunity to explore these fields and professions. In addition, you’ll participate in our nationally recognized innovative conservation strategies that seek to mobilize citizens and decision makers to better protect our environment.

To learn more about our legal internships, contact our legal director.

To learn more about internships in nonprofit administration, contact our associate director.

To learn more about internships within our program areas, contact our conservation director.

Dustin Martin

Member, Board of Directors

Dustin grew up hiking, camping, riding, skiing and running the vast outdoor sanctuaries surrounding Gallup, NM. Distance running led him to New York City, where he earned an undergraduate degree in anthropology from Columbia University. In 2011, Dustin returned to the southwest to serve as program director for Wings of America- a not for profit that empowers Tribal youth and their families by introducing them to the cultural, spiritual and competitive legacy of Native runners. Under his leadership, the organization has continued to provide elite-level opportunities for talented Native runners while making a concerted effort to create new programs for fledgling harriers of all abilities. Moving forward, Dustin hopes to continue promoting the positive achievements of Native runners while helping foster and test new models for acquainting Native youth with their ancestral homelands.

Tricia Snyder

Rio Grande Campaigner

Tricia, as a child of military parents, spent much of her childhood moving frequently in the U.S. and abroad, but calls El Paso, TX home. Growing up on the banks of the (often dry) Rio Grande and the water scarcity of the Southwest sparked a life-long interest in finding solutions for water conflicts in the arid and semi-arid American West. Tricia received a B.S. in Geography with a focus on human-environment connection from New Mexico State University. Her research while there centered on water management across borders. She spent 5 years working with the Southwest Environmental Center working to protect and restore the wildlife and wild places of the Southwest borderlands, particularly focused on the recovery of the Mexican gray wolf. In 2015, Tricia moved to Washington state to pursue a graduate degree, receiving an M.S. in Cultural and Environmental Resource Management from Central Washington University. Her thesis, which conducted an adaptive capacity assessment of the Upper Klamath Basin, utilized both quantitative and qualitative research methods. She worked for nearly four years on salmon recovery as the Lead Entity Coordinator for the Yakima Basin in central Washington, bringing together a diverse group of interests and perspectives. Tricia joined WildEarth Guardians as the Rio Grande Campaigner in 2021.

WildEarth Guardians volunteering – organizing, internships, and more

Volunteer

General Volunteers

Photography or Media Volunteers

Internships

WildEarth Guardians protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West.

Dustin Martin

Member, Board of Directors

Francine D. Spang-Willis

Member, Board of Directors

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Tricia Snyder

Rio Grande Campaigner