Events & Fundraisers

Saturday, June 8 -  Join botanist and conservationist Larry Hendrickson and VMF's Suzie Meyer for a morning removing non-native bull thistle at VMF's Volcan Mountain Nature Center and mustard along Volcan Road! We will also do some light trail maintenance on VMF's Sky Island Trail.

By removing this invasive plant species, you will have the satisfaction knowing that your are restoring the forest to its healthy natural ecosystem! 

Date:  June 8

Time:  9:00 am - 12:00 pm

April 26: Volcan Mountain Foundation is offering a first aid class for staff and volunteers through Kit Fox Outfitters. Included will be training on using a defibrillator. 

Date: Friday, April 26

Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Bring: Lunch and snacks, drinking water, comfortable shoes, a warm jacket if it's cold.

Please register below.

May 21: Join the Volcan Mountain Foundation for its quarterly bird count on Volcan Mountain in Julian. This is a great opportunity to hone your bird ID skills with experts, learn about our local mountain bird species, and contribute valuable data to VMF and the Cornell Lab of Orinthology. We'll be focusing our attention on the areas near our Watershed and Sky Island trails as well as VMF's recently acquired pond. There is a combined two miles of walking during this survey. Hiking is easy to moderate. 

Date: Tuesday, May 21

Tuesday, May 21: Join VMF's Outdoor Naturalist Janice Smith as we start our spa day by relaxing quietly at our individual sit spot. Afterward, we will walk around the nature center to identify and forage some of the plants that we will include in three unique DIY nature inspired beauty products that you can use at home. We will make pine needle lemon tea to sip while we make wild mountain soap, horsetail raw sugar scrub, and wild herbal bath salts. 

Date: Tuesday, May 21

Please fill in and submit the form below.

If you prefer, you may call 760-765-2300 to RSVP. 

This year we're making a special guided visit around VMF's 684-acre Peckham Keenan Wildlife Sanctuary -- newly added to VMF's land holdings following Ann Keenan's generous estate gift.