Voluntary groups ready for the summer
21.02.2022
Happy volunteers catching their breath in Thórsmörk. Photo: trailteam.is/Karolina Pieczyńska
After weeks of applications and interviews, summer teams for voluntary work in Thórsmörk Nature Reserve area are now finally (just about) ready. Volunteers will be arriving from 18 countries, first groups starting work in May.
Once again, this year the Thórsmörk Trail Team received a lot of interest in the placements with many strong applicants and there were some difficult decisions when making the selection. A couple of new teams were added to the programme so that we could include as many as possible.
As put in a newsblog on the Trail Team website, 2022 teams are made up of participants from 18 countries and include first-time volunteers, returners and others with placements that were deferred due to travel disruption last summer. We are delighted that several of our most experienced volunteers will be returning as team leaders this summer and we very much look forward to working with them again.
The plan is to return to Thórsmörk for preparations and trail survey tasks in April (when conditions allow) and the first volunteers will begin the practical work in May. As for over a decade now, Charles J. Goemans (Chas) will lead the voluntary work project on behalf of the Icelandic Forest Service.