Events Calendar
Lake Owen Stewardship
Join us to show some love to this campground: our individual placements will be working out in this area this summer, but this is a chance for volunteers to dig in and spruce up this beloved historic campground.
Spruce Mountain Lookout Painting
COG’s technicians will be leading volunteers through painting the interior and exterior of the Spruce Mountain Fire Lookout.
Directions
Take Hwy 130 west of Laramie to Hwy 11 and Albany, WY. The tower is located seven miles west of Albany, Wyoming on Forest Road #500, a well-graveled road accessible by two-wheel-drive vehicles. Hiking and scenic driving opportunities abound nearby.
WyoGives 2026
This is COG’s biggest single day of fundraising for the entire year: please include us in your giving plans for WyoGives!
Keystone Cabin Painting
COG’s recreation technicians will lead volunteers through painting the exterior of both cabins at the USFS Keystone Work Site.
Beaver Dam Analog Installation
Volunteers will work with biologists from Trout Unlimited to install BDAs in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest.
Beaver Dam Analog Installation
Volunteers will work with biologists from Trout Unlimited to install BDAs on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest.
Tie Hack Trailhead
We’re getting together to repair/ install a buck and rail fence at the trailhead for the beautifully restored Tie Hack Trail! The Upper Tie Hack Trailhead is located about 5 miles south of Ryan Park on Forest Service Road 225 with a small parking area, so please carpool if you can.
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GqQHyxZD6yLsR9X97
COG will provide lunch, materials, tools, and plenty of water!
What to wear: closed toe shoes, layers and sun protection, and bring your water bottle.
National Trails Day
We will be working with the USFS to do some trail work to celebrate this National Trails Day! We will be working on the Aspen Trail Loop up in the Happy Jack Recreation Area. The repairs on this trail are relatively minor, so this would be a great event regardless of your past trail work experience.
If you love using the trails in Pole Mountain and Happy Jack, we hope you will come out and join us in taking care of them and giving back to the land that we love all year long. All ages are welcome and families are encouraged!
What to wear: closed toe shoes, long pants, sun protection and layers
What to bring: water bottle, day pack to hold personal belongings
COG will provide: gloves, hard hats, tools, materials, extra water, lunch, and direction
Montessori Pinecone Pickup
COG is partnering with the Montessori school to help facilitate pinecone removal at Undine Park. This event is not open for registration, we just wanted to brag on all the little environmental stewards over at our local Montessori school!
Civic Center Courtyard Work Day
Come help us stain the planter boxes we installed last year! We will also be doing some general courtyard spring cleaning and enjoying lunch together.
The Basics:
Where: Laramie Plains Civic Center Courtyard
When: 10 am to 2:30 pm
What to wear: old clothes (might get messy with the stain), sunscreen/layers/hat/sun protection, comfortable closed-toe shoes
What to bring: water bottle, sun protection, good cheer
COG will provide: extra water, tools and materials for sanding/staining/repairs, gloves, lunch for everyone registered by 5 pm the night before
Wyoming Nonprofit Network Conference
Our staff will be in Casper connecting with other nonprofits and learning about the different resources and strategies available to organizations in Wyoming.
Spring Outdoor School
COG will be working with the folks at Linford Elementary School to put on another amazing place-based outdoor educational experience in the gorgeous public lands that surround Laramie.
Spring Outdoor School
COG will be taking the 4th graders from Linford Elementary School out to the snowies and to Curt Gowdy for two days of place-based education on public land.
Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Summit
COG will be attending WORS this year in Saratoga to connect with land managers, share strategies, and network with other folks doing work on open spaces in the rest of our great state.
Spring Happy Hour
Help us celebrate Earth Day and the start of COG’s 2026 work season! We will be gathering at Altitude Chophouse and Brewery, starting at 6 pm, and your first drink’s on us.
Earth Day Fundraiser
Celebrate the planet we love by making a donation to COG so we can help take care of it for seasons to come!
Roger Canyon Spring Cleanup
Join us for our biannual Roger Canyon Cleanup! We will be partnering with SWORC to continue to steward this BLM parcel, and we could use your help.
Roger Canyon Cleanup
Join us and SWORC for our spring cleanup out at Roger Canyon! Last year we were able to remove around 5,000 pounds of trash from this parcel, and with your help, we can keep that momentum going. Please RSVP at the link below so we can get a headcount for lunch. All you need to bring on the day of is a good attitude and enough layers to work outside in Wyoming’s ever-changing spring weather!
UW SLCE Spring Volunteer Fair
Come say hi to us in the Union Breezeway and chat about our draft schedule of events for the 2026 field season!
Fall Happy Hour
Join us at Bond’s Brewing for our fall happy hour and season debrief from 5-7 on December 2nd. As always, your first drink’s on us! This year, our fall happy hour falls on the same day as Giving Tuesday, and we hope you will include us in your end of year giving.
Keystone Cabin Work Day
Join us for our final workday at Keystone Work Center so that we can get the cabin back on the reservation system in time for the winter season!
COG has spent the last few months making renovations and repairs at Keystone Cabin and we need your help with adding the finishing touches before we can put the cabin back on the reservation system for the winter season. We'll be cleaning up from construction and moving furniture back in place so that it's ready for guests. Lunch will be provided by COG.
If you’re planning to join us, please register using the link below.
Territorial Prison Pumpkin Walk
Our State Park partners at the Territorial Prison could use more volunteers for their annual pumpkin walk!
Check out the link below for the volunteer registration form, and reach out to Megan Stanfill with any questions :)
National Public Lands Day
Join us for COG’s NPLD project! We are once again heading out to Roger’s Canyon with our good friends at SWORC and the SE WY Climbers Coalition. UW’s SLCE office will be providing lunch, so please register ASAP at the link below.
If you’re planning on joining us, we suggest getting together with friends to carpool, as there is limited parking at the site (all the ground the cars cover, we aren’t able to clean).
Little Brooklyn Lake Guard Station Work Day 2
Join us to finish reopening this cabin and restoring it to working order! On this day, we will finish deep cleaning the stove and oven, vacuuming out the wood-burning stove pipe to clear all of the soot that has built up over the years, replace the twin mattresses, and organize the kitchen supplies and dishes in the cabinets.
The Basics:
Where: Little Brooklyn Lake Guard Station
When: meet at the site at 9 am and work until around 2 pm
Food: COG will provide lunch, water to refill water bottles, and sparkling water. Please bring your own water bottle.
What to bring: Please bring work gloves, your water bottle, and plenty of sunscreen. (10,000 feet is much closer to the sun and it’s very easy to get burned!)
Miller Lake Campground Decommissioning
COG staff and board members will be gathering to re-wild this long-closed campground by removing all above-ground infrastructure from the site. If you’d like to join us, please let us know! You can email us at commonoutdoorground@gmail.com
Little Brooklyn Lake Cabin Work Day 1
Join us to open up the cabin, clean it up, seal out the critters, and assess the priorities for our work day on August 23rd.
Spruce Mountain Lookout Work Day
Rescheduled in order to partner with the Southeast Wyoming Climber’s Coalition
Keystone Cabin Work Day
Refinishing wood floors, installing kitchen countertop, installing sink and faucet, and preparing kitchen and bathroom floors for vinyl flooring.
Pilot Hill Erosion Control
Small group gathering to build Zeedyke structures in some problem areas on Pilot Hill. In partnership with the Laramie River Conservation District, Pilot Hill, Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, and UW Honors College.
WyoGives 2025
Today is the day to donate to COG! The impact of donations on this day, as part of the WyoGives event, will be multiplied by the generous contributions from the Hughes Charitable Foundation. This is our biggest fundraising event of the year, and your gift today helps us keep COG’s good work going all year long. Strong public support is an essential cornerstone of COG’s funding structure and helps demonstrate to grant funders that we play an important role in our community. So, we can leverage your donation to win grant funds from many other sources and continue providing opportunities for you to volunteer on public land in southeast Wyoming for years to come.
Spruce Mountain Lookout Site Visit
COG staff and board members are making a trip out to Spruce Mountain Lookout to assess the scope of work and prepare materials for the volunteer day on July 26th.
Keystone Cabin Work Days
Volunteers are welcome to stay overnight at the cabin (only 8 beds, so this is pending availability) or camp on the property on the night of the 11th.
During the workday on Saturday, we will be focusing on cleaning up after the water damage the cabin sustained during the winter, as well as replacing the sink and countertop in the kitchen.