There are many opportunities for volunteers to participate in activities that will help protect, improve, and interpret the cultural, biological, and geologic resources of the Carrizo Plain National Monument.

Goodwin Education Center

Goodwin Education Center Docent
Assist center manager, answer visitor questions, sell Friends merchandise, take tour reservations.
Contact: Jackie Czapla
Education Center Coordinator
(805) 475-2131

Goodwin Education Center Garden
Restore native plant garden to its natural condition after summer closure of Education Center.
Contact: Cindy Brettschneider
Friends Volunteer Coordination Team
(661) 763-1777
cthemouse@hotmail.com

Painted Rock Trail

Painted Rock Tours Docent
Assist with or lead tours of  the monument's world-famous cultural site.
Contact: Jon Cooper
President, Friends of the Carrizo
(805) 475-2291
joncooper@hughes.net

Painted Rock Art Monitor
Protect Painted Rock with periodic reviews of its condition as a part of the Southern Sierra Archeological Society's rock art monitoring program.
Contact: Mary Gorden
SSAC Monitor Trainer
(559) 597-2373
magorden@msn.com


Other Monument Trails
 
Wallace Creek Tours Docent
Assist with, or lead, tours of the most visible evidence of the San Andreas Fault.
Contact: Cindy Brettschneider
Friends Volunteer Coordination Team
(661) 763-1777
cthemouse@hotmail.com

Caliente Mountain Trail Development
Help construct a trail from the south end of the monument to the monument's highest point.
Contact: Jon Cooper
President, Friends of the Carrizo
(805) 475-2291
joncooper@hughes.net

Caliente Mountain Lookout Hut
Stabilize a historic WWII lookout built to alert to enemy invasion.
Contact: Cindy Brettschneider
Friends Volunteer Coordination Team
(661) 763-1777
cthemouse@hotmail.com

 
Adopt-a-Road

Soda Lake Road
Periodically clean litter from main monument access route.
Contact: Jon Cooper
President, Friends of the Carrizo
(805) 475-2291
joncooper@hughes.net

Elkhorn Road
Periodically clean litter from road that follows the San Andreas Earthquake Fault.
Contact: Cindy Brettschneider
Friends Volunteer Coordination Team
(661) 763-1777
cthemouse@hotmail.com


Carrizo Plain Floor

Wildflower Tours Docent
Assist with, or lead, tours of the monument's wildflower displays.
Contact: Jon Cooper
President, Friends of the Carrizo
(805) 475-2291
joncooper@hughes.net

Fence Removal and Restringing:
Remove or restring old pasture fencing so that wildlife such as the pronghorn can migrate freely.
Contact: Cindy Brettschneider
Friends Volunteer Coordination Team
(661) 763-1777
cthemouse@hotmail.com


The Friends of the Carrizo Plain is a California (501)c Public Benefit Corporation. The Managing Partners of the Carrizo Plain National Monument are the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy and the California Department of Fish and Game.