Volunteer With Us!
Save Texas Streams’ volunteer workdays offer community members across the Austin area meaningful, hands-on opportunities to restore and protect our local environment. Our volunteers contribute directly to the health of local waterways, greenbelts, and wildlife habitats by helping pick up litter, removing invasive plants, and supporting the regeneration of native flora. These efforts not only improve water quality and strengthen ecosystem resilience, but also foster a shared sense of stewardship and connection to the land. By engaging people of all backgrounds in this vital work, Save Texas Streams empowers the community to take part in preserving the natural spaces that define Central Texas.
We also welcome volunteers to get involved in our outreach and fundraising efforts—from representing our organization at community fairs to serving as a peer-to-peer fundraiser during our annual Amplify Austin Day campaign. If you're looking to share your passion for protecting water while also connecting with new people, we encourage you to get involved! Our volunteer initiatives offer rewarding ways to make a lasting impact.
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Upcoming Volunteer Events
Trail Cleanup Workday
Sunday, February 1, 2026 | 10 - 11 am CT
4021 S Capital of Texas Highway Unit B, Austin, TX
At Save Texas Streams, we strive to prevent micro-plastic contamination of Central Texas water whenever possible. One of the easiest and most effective ways to do this is by picking up plastic litter that accumulates around our urban waterways. Join us on February 1st as we pick up trash on the trails along Barton Creek.
Park behind Kara Sanchéz Beauty and Brodie Oaks Plaza at the Brodie Oaks Shopping Center. You'll be able to see the trail entrance from the parking lot. Trash grabbers and heavy-duty trash bags will be provided.
Signup for our trail cleanup workday here!
You'll receive an email confirmation shortly and reminders as the event draws closer.
Invasive Plant Removal Workday
Saturday, March 28, 2026 | 2 - 4 pm CT
1600 Spyglass Drive, Austin, TX 78746
Help Save Texas Streams restore the Barton Creek Greenbelt to its native habitat by girdling invasive privet, chinaberry, and nandina trees! We will be led by invasive plant removal expert, Cliff Tyllick, who will demonstrate how to effectively sever the bark to block nutrient flow.
Signup for our invasive plant removal workday here!
You'll receive an email confirmation shortly and reminders as the event draws closer.
Previous Volunteer Events
Eric Paulus of Ecology Action worked with Save Texas Streams volunteers to ecologically restore a once neglected brownfield site abutting Roy G. Guerrero Park.
Save Texas Streams is committed to volunteer efforts to restore lands dedicated to water quality, such as the Shudde Fath Tract.
Volunteers set up an educational kiosk for the Goat Cave Preserve, a City of Austin preserve that showcases karst sinkholes that you can walk up to and look in.
Save Texas Streams tree planting and mulching at Circle Acres.
Save Texas Streams participated in a creek clean-up.
Program Assistant, Sara Zaman, worked with several volunteers to build an education kiosk at Goat Cave Preserve that details the unique hydrogeology of the preserve and Central Texas.
Save Texas Streams volunteers and Austin Preserve Manager, Renee Barrera, stand for a photo after a clean-up event.
