Volunteer & Community Events
Join your local RCD for an upcoming volunteer event and become a direct part of healing the Santa Monica Mountains. We’ll also provide opportunities to connect with and care for local wildspaces. Check back often for new listings and scroll down for our full yearly calendar.
Trippet Ranch Tree Planting
We need your help to heal the wildlands of the Santa Monica Mountains.
During the Palisades Fire, we lost many previously planted oak trees within Trippet Ranch of Topanga State Park. Our team is now ready to invite volunteers back into this fragile space and begin the process of healing this invaluable woodland.
Learn more about the event and rsvp below!
-When: July 18th | 9am-12pm
Wildfire Defense for Landscape Professionals Training
The training is being held in partnership with USGBC-CA. It is a Wildfire Defense Certificate Training Program which was developed to educate professionals on how to best harden homes and landscapes to fires through the use of materials, maintenance practices, and fire-wise design practices known to reduce properties’ risk of fire damage. This training intends to prime the pathway for the private market to drive the adoption of fire-wise best practices and create cultural change within the building industry.
-When: July 30th | 3-5:30pm
-Where: Being held online – RSVP below
Community Wildfire Mitigation Training
Learn about wildfire regimes, wildfire ecology and the importance of home hardening and defensible space practices at this FREE two-day training which will take place both virtually and in-person in Northeast Los Angeles, CA.
Learn more about the event and RSVP below! Capactiy for in-person portions is limited to reserve your spot soon.
When: August 7th & August 8th [detailed schedule below]
- Friday, August 7th 2026
- 5:00pm – 7:30pm (virtual on Zoom): Wildfire Mitigation Lecture Part 1
- Saturday, August 8th 2026
- 9:30am – 12:30pm (in-person or virtual): Wildfire Mitigation Lecture Part 2
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm: Break for lunch (brown bag style or purchase off-site) & resource fair
- 1:30pm – 2:30pm (in-person only): Fire Ecology Walk
- 2:30pm – 4:00pm (in-person only): Structure Analysis
Regular volunteer events occur throughout the year. Stay up-to-date on upcoming opportunities by regularly checking this webpage, following us on social media (@rcdsmm) or signing up for our quarterly newsletter.