Feb 21
This brings back some good memories of last summer…
We have published several albums of photos taken by our volunteers last season and they can be found on our Flickr page. The new albums include pictures of our teams and their work as well as photos from their adventures on the Laugavegur hike.
We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the albums and if any of our volunteers would like to add their pictures, please get in touch.
As part of this season’s Wilderness Management Volunteer programme, we now have a limited number of two-week placements available. Participants will join our ongoing projects working with our teams on a variety of trail maintenance and practical conservation tasks throughout Thórsmörk and Goðaland.
Participants do not pay to join the programme, but volunteers are chosen from applications. Placements are limited to 2-weeks so that we can include as many volunteers as possible.
Interested? Placement dates, programme details and application form are now available.
There are only two weeks to complete the online application form. The deadline for applications is on Friday 21st February and Skype meetings with those who are short listed will take place from Monday 24th February.
Cutting forest materials for our trail repair work in August
– From a blog by one of our team.
Since the weather improved and the sun begun to shine in the beginning of week 4 of my training period, time is flying by really fast and there’s not enough time for me to write about events as they happen. In the past weeks I’ve been doing a lot of different things, it seems like I learn a new thing every day. Here is a short summary of my activities:
In the 4th week of my training period I’ve learned how to drive different tractors and make firewood with a splitting machine. I’ve begun to learn practical work with the chainsaw (from the thinning champion of Iceland!) and chainsaw maintenance. I’ve also been driving the pick-up truck a lot and did some brush cutting. On the weekend I’ve stayed in Thjorsardalur and helped with various tasks (collecting fares, maintenance etc.) on the Forest service’s campsite.
A video of…
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Thórsmörk Trail Volunteers 