Join our available projects to help inspire and educate!
Volunteer to help us: species inventories, hikes, July 4 parade, fence pull.....
Just write us a note at: [email protected] and we will welcome you!!
Activities
2024: Spring/Summer will be bursting with Activities
Come join the fun! These Badlands need your observations and help!
May: Presentations
May 16: Buffalo and the Badlands!
Jason Baldes will give a dynamic talk on his work restoring buffalo to their native habitats in the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative as well as discuss the buffalo’s previous presence in the Badlands
May 24: Medicinal Plants and the Badlands!
John Moinczynski will give an amazing talk with his in-depth knowledge of local medicinal plants with an emphasis on life in the Badlands
June 1: Help with the annual Fence Pull in the Badlands!
Every year the BLM coordinates with local groups to help pull down some unneeded old fence that hinders the migration of wildlife in these Badlands. So join Wyoming Wilderness Association and Friends of Dubois Badlands and the BLM for a fun day of useful work!
June: Activities!!
June 13-15 WY Biodiversity Bioblitz!
WYNDD, the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database and the Biodiversity Institute are doing their annual Wyoming BioBlitz, hosted by Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative (WRBI) in Morton, WY. We will be assisting the WRBI in gathering ecological
data related to buffalo reintroduction on their current lands and the 17,000 acre area. This is an exciting opportunity be a part of a real inventory.
Every year we work to upgrade the local flora and fauna inventories that demonstrate some of the values of the wilderness aspect of these Badlands.
June ? Plant Inventory
June 22: Bird Inventory
July 2: Talk on current research in Badlands Geology: Emily Beverly
July 4: Parade!! watch our float
July 26: Invasive Plant Species hike
Late Summer activities: watch for announcements!!
AUGUST: eBird class, Insect ecology hike, annual meeting
Requirements
Be at the Dennison at 7 pm on May 16
Be at the Dennison at 7 pm May 24
Registration?: click Here soon!
Registration for the BioBlitz will open in April at https://rockies.audubon.org/naturalist/wyoming-bioblitz
Registration?: click Here soon!
Why join the Activities
Friends of Dubois Badlands?
Help support the work of education, protection and scientific study of these Badlands
Help with projects that improve conservation of this magic area.
Help build awareness of the value of these Badlands by spreading the word about their specialness .
Have fun! Meet new people!