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Get Involved: Boulder County Parks & Open Space

Please use the directory below to find the perfect opportunity for you. When you are ready to register for an opportunity you will be asked to complete our standard volunteer application. Please note some opportunities will require you to answer additional questions.

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Agricultural Heritage Center Gardeners

Volunteers manage the World War I era Victory Garden (heirloom) at the Agricultural Heritage Center at the Lohr/McIntosh Farm.

Basic responsibilities include planning, planting, weeding, watering, and harvesting the garden. Optional duties include watering trees when needed and maintaining flower beds at the Agricultural Heritage Center.

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Ready to get involved?

Apply below for the Agricultural Heritage Center Gardeners volunteer role.

Questions? Contact Jim Drew
(303) 776-8688


Goats eat grass inside a pen at the Agricultural Heritage Center

Agricultural Heritage Center Livestock Caretakers

Livestock are a vital component of the programs at the Agricultural Heritage Center and need care twice a day, seven days a week. Volunteers feed a wide variety of livestock on a consistent schedule (mornings and/or afternoons). Cleaning pens is not required, but highly appreciated.

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Ready to get involved?

Apply below for the Agricultural Heritage Center Livestock Caretakers volunteer role.

Questions? Contact Jim Drew
(303) 776-8688


A volunteer tour guide shares stories with a class of students in front of a silo

Agricultural Heritage Center Tour Guides

Volunteer tour guides and farmhouse docents teach visitors about the agricultural history of Boulder County between 1900 and 1925.

The Agricultural Heritage Center at the Lohr/McIntosh farm represents this area’s agricultural roots and pioneer history. Visitors and organized groups have the opportunity to explore the many restored buildings, museum exhibits, livestock pens, and a period-furnished farmhouse surrounded by 465 acres of agricultural open space.

There are also opportunities to assist with our story time and activity focused program, Fun on the Farm, during the summer.

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Ready to get involved?

Apply below for the Agricultural Heritage Center Tour Guides volunteer role.

Questions? Contact Jim Drew
(303) 776-8688


A student is raising their hand to answer questions in the schoolhouse as a volunteer holds a flag

Altona Educators

Volunteers will lead fun educational programs at the recently restored Altona Schoolhouse at Heil Valley Ranch.

Volunteers will:

  • Present one room school field trips for pre-requested group visits. Teachers will choose from a pioneer school experience or mining program.
  • Present artifact trunks for pre-requested group visits.
  • Research, develop, and present future field trip or public program activities.
  • Research and lead period-appropriate crafts, games, and possibly songs.
Learn more...

Ready to get involved?

Apply below for the Altona Educators volunteer role.

Questions? Contact Sheryl Kippen
(303) 776-8848


Assay equipment on display on tables at the Assay Office Museum

Assay Office Museum

Do you love sharing stories, talking with people, and have a passion for history? Volunteers are needed to help visitors explore and learn about mining history at the James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum.


Ready to get involved?

Apply below for the Assay Office Museum volunteer role.

Questions? Contact Sheryl Kippen
(303) 776-8848


Artifacts on display inside the Nederland Mining Museum

Nederland Mining Museum

Do you love sharing stories, talking with people, and have a passion for history? Volunteers are needed to help visitors explore and learn about mining history at the Nederland Mining Museum.

Duties include:

  • Welcome and orient visitors to the site.
  • Interpret objects and mining history.
  • Answer visitor questions regarding the museum collection and local history.
  • Provide information about the area and nearby open spaces.
  • Lead educational programs for organized groups, such as schools, senior centers, and interest groups.
Learn more...

Ready to get involved?

Apply below for the Nederland Mining Museum volunteer role.

Questions? Contact Sheryl Kippen
(303) 776-8848


A mom and daughter volunteer team in 1880s' dresses and bonnets prepare food in a log house

Walker Ranch Homestead

Share the history of Boulder County at events hosted by Parks & Open Space. Visitors love to talk to volunteers and learn about what life was like on a working ranch in the late 1800s.

Volunteers dress in period costume to demonstrate daily chores of a working western ranch for school programs and special events at the Walker Ranch Homestead. Training and costumes are provided.

Some of the activities you could demonstrate are cooking on a wood-burning stove, churning butter, making roof shingles, assisting the blacksmith, doing laundry the old-fashioned way, and historical games.

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Ready to get involved?

Apply below for the Walker Ranch Homestead volunteer role.

Questions? Contact Sheryl Kippen
(303) 776-8848


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Weed Warriors

Do you want to help enhance habitat and clean up the trails, while getting your hands dirty?  

Weed Warriors is an exciting new program utilizing entirely mechanical control methods to control invasive weeds at  Walker Ranch. We need your help to spread the word and stop the spread of invasive weeds!



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Ready to get involved?

Apply below for the Weed Warriors volunteer role.

Questions? Contact Amanda Hatfield
(303) 678-6216


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