Volunteer with Smith River Alliance

Smith River Alliance holds the annual fish count every year at Rock Creek Ranch. This 2-day event helps track the abundance of California’s healthiest population of Coastal Cutthroat trout. We will also be on the lookout for the rare summer steelhead and spring Chinook salmon, as well as suckers, rainbow trout, lamprey, and herpetofauna. Snorkeling within the canyon walls and clear blue waters of the Smith River, volunteers will experience wild fish in their native habitat.

Join Smith River Alliance help keep our coastal areas and Smith River clean of trash and debris. Volunteers help cleanup trash from daily visitors, illegally dumped trash and abandoned encampments on public lands.

We organize several cleanups every year throughout Del Norte, focusing on the California coast and various parts of the Smith River. Our early programming focused on cleaning up illegal dumping along the Smith River with students from Humboldt State University.

We are now leading and planning cleanups throughout the County of Del Norte working with our state and national partners, as well as local government. Our programming is funded through private donors, River Guardians Program and the WHALE TAIL Grant Program.

Volunteers are always needed for removing noxious and invasive plants throughout the Smith River National Recreation Area. From areas along the Smith River to the banks of Rock Creek Ranch off of South Fork, we always need help with volunteers helping to manual remove and dispose of these plants.

Come lend a hand at Rock Creek Ranch! Situated along the South Fork in the Smith River National Recreation Area, it is owned and managed by the Smith River Alliance.

A variety of volunteer opportunities from helping reduce fuels and brush, restoring campsites and building trails, as well as maintenance tasks like cleaning gutters and pulling weeds around the ranch.

Corporate Groups
Rock Creek Ranch can support large corporate groups that are interested in giving back through a variety of planned projects. Previous projects have included building trails, restoring previously built trails, small construction projects and building campsites.

There are additional ways to help other than what has been mentioned above!

Many volunteer events have volunteers that help support our programming. From helping get volunteers fed to volunteers helping with photography. Sign-up below and let us know what you want to do or any special skills that you have.