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Volunteer for Wildlife with the Arizona Wildlife Federation

Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer with AWF's Volunteer for Wildlife program. AWF works with many conservation and wildlife agencies and organizations dedicated to the management and improvement of our Arizona public lands and wildlife habitat. There are many opportunities throughout the year where AWF and our affiliates need help from volunteers to ensure successful project completion. Whether your skills come from a wildlife or environmental science background, or you just like to get outdoors to get your hands dirty with habitat improvements, we think you'll find a volunteer project to satisfy your interest and help make Arizona a better place for our wildlife. We are also expanding our volunteer opportunities to include education, outreach, and advocacy.

Upon completing the Volunteer Application below, you will be added to our email list to receive information about upcoming projects. Note that our project field season is mostly during the cooler months. 

If you have any questions about the program, contact our Field Coordinator at trica@azwildlife.org.

Desert Fence Busters


The Desert Fence Busters is a collaborative conservation project in Tucson’s west valley to improve and enhance wildlife movement between natural areas by removing miles of deadly fencing barriers. This collection of organizations and volunteers banded together in 2021 to identify obsolete fences and remove fences for the benefit of wildlife movement.

While not its own official non-profit, the Desert Fence Busters is a coalition of several dedicated groups working towards one goal: protecting and supporting wildlife by removing legacy barbed wire fencing.

2024: A big year for fence busting

In 2024, the Desert Fence Busters continued to refine their fence removal strategies. Work was prioritized in the Coyote-Ironwood-Tucson Linkage (wildlife movement within the Coyote Mountains, Ironwood Forest, and the Tucson Mountains). The group identified bottlenecks and chokepoints in fencing and prioritized work that supported the use of existing Central Arizona Project siphons, overchutes, and bridges along with existing road culverts.


Arizona Wildlife Federation

PO Box 1182,  Mesa, AZ 85211
(480) 702-1365
awf@azwildlife.org

The Arizona Wildlife Federation is a Registered 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization.

EIN# 86-0076994

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