Volunteer Event with Mojave Desert Land Trust and Four Wheel Campers

This spring Four Wheel Campers is excited to partner once again with the Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT), a 501c3 nonprofit that helps preserve and protect the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. We will be working with MDLT to host a free volunteer event in Joshua Tree, with presentations, dinners and two nights of camping.

Volunteers will help with tasks like vertical mulching, fence installation, removal of invasive plants and closing unauthorized OHV routes. Volunteers will be expected to handle tools, and foot travel will be on trails and roads, as well as washes and open desert terrain.

Once you have booked tickets via Eventbrite, we will follow up via email and ask you to complete a short form with your emergency contact information, food orders and vehicle information, so please be sure to reply promptly.

Volunteers assisting with vertical mulching. Photo courtesy of the Mojave Desert Land Trust.

PLEASE NOTE: Volunteer tasks and presentations are still being finalized; volunteers will receive a more detailed schedule closer to the event date.

Volunteers will also visit MDLT headquarters to learn more about native wildlife, like the desert tortoise. Photo courtesy of Elisabeth Brentano.

Camping is provided, and this year we will be staying at a facility with restrooms and showers. After signups are complete, we will send an email with the exact worksite and camping location.

Kicking back at camp after a day of volunteering. Photo courtesy of Elisabeth Brentano.

We will provide dinner on both nights from The Dez, a top-rated local restaurant with lots of healthy options. We will also provide snacks like granola bars and fruit, plus beer, wine and sparkling water.

Daytime highs are generally in the upper 70s, and overnight lows are in the mid to upper 40s. Plan on wearing layers, pants and hiking boots, and gaiters are highly recommended. Bring work gloves, plenty of water (3-4 liters per person, per day), sunscreen, a hat and a backpack.

We have extra gloves, safety glasses and neon mesh vests for any activities along the road.

Volunteers at last year's MDLT x FWC event, which was held at Palisades Ranch. Photo courtesy of Elisabeth Brentano.

Host or Publisher Elisabeth Brentano