RMFI
(RIM-FEE) n.
An organization of stewards and guardians, passionate about caring for the public land we all love and engaging our community to protect it.
Tomorrow's Legacy,
Protected today.
Rocky Mountain Field Institute actively engages thousands of community volunteers every year through the completion of trail and restoration projects that help conserve and protect our treasured public landscapes.
Brand New RMFI Memberhsip
Become a Member!
Members sustain RMFI's public land work. By making monthly contributions, you provide us with consistent, predictable support that we use to improve your public lands. Your dollars help us identify stewardship opportunities in places like Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak, and The Pineries, and then deploy our crews and volunteers to get the work done. Join as a member today at one of the levels indicated below, and you will receive membership benefits from RMFI and our fantastic partners across Colorado Springs!
17th Annual RMFI ShinDIG
Presented by the Garden of the Gods Trading Post
End of Year Celebration and Fundraiser
Join RMFI for an evening to celebrate the 2025 season with live music, awards, and a silent auction!
Your ticket to the ShinDIG includes heavy hors d'oeuvres, beverages, and a fun evening supporting RMFI with your fellow public land enthusiasts.
When:
Thursday, November 13
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where:
1604 South Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80905
Tickets $45
Help Our Community in Need at the ShinDIG
Our partners at the Trails and Open Space Coalition will be helping us gather food donations for the Solid Rock Community Food Center in Southeast Colorado Springs at the ShinDIG! An easy way to bring food donations during this time of need.
According to Solid Rock, their highest needs are Cereal (all kinds), Peanut Butter and Jelly, Canned Meat and Tuna, Pasta and Pasta Sauce, Canned Soup and Chili, Potato and Rice Sides, Granola Bars, and Canned Fruit.
Please bring your donations to the ShinDIG, and TOSC will compile your generous food donations and bring them to Solid Rock Community Food Center.
2026 Crew Applications Open
Apply Today
Join RMFI for the 2026 Field Season! Applications for Trail Crew Technician, Assistant Trail Crew Leader, and Trail Crew Leader are now open. Apply today to join the RMFI team.
Our Why
Check out the fabulous video about "Our Why" filmed and created by Rob Hoff Imagery.
The staff on this event were amazing! I had great conversation with all of the staff and they all taught me something I did not know. The brief about the tools beforehand, how to make the trail and use the tools was great...I would love to attend another event when I visit my son in Colorado again! Thank You for a WONDERFUL experience!!
