T-Shirt Design Contest
Calling all artists & graphic designers! We are excited to announce our first-ever T-Shirt Design Contest! We are looking for a new t-shirt design for our 2025 Project Season - and we need your help! Anyone can submit their design to be featured on a limited...
Meet the WV Board of Directors
Have you ever wondered what it takes to serve on WV's Board of Directors? What kind of time commitment is it? What do you do? Is it rewarding? Fun We're kicking off a series of interviews with our Board members to answer those questions and more! Our first interview...
Get To Know the Mokelumne Wilderness
Maybe you've heard of the Mokelumne Wilderness, the Mokelumne River, or another example, but have wondered "How do you pronounce Mokelumne?" Say it with me: moo-ka-la-mi. The name Mokelumne means “people of the fishing nets” in Miwok, and is the band of Miwok peoples...
To Visit & Volunteer with Reverence
We got the chance to chat with Jeffrey Morris, the Outdoor Recreation Planner at Canyon of the Ancients National Monument to learn more about our planned project and this area. This Colorado National Monument is 260 miles northwest of Albuquerque, NM, 110 miles...
2023 Wilderness Volunteers Photo Contest
One of our favorite community activities is the annual photo contest and we're excited to kick it off! This contest is open to all project leaders and volunteers who participated in a 2023 Wilderness Volunteers project. It's time to sit down with your phone, your...
Watershed Restoration on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
This March we'll be partnering with Altar Valley Conservation Alliance (AVCA), Friends of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, and Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR) for continued watershed restoration work. We had the opportunity to speak with Julia...
Planting the Seed for a Lifetime of Adventure
When I was a kid, growing up in northern Illinois, most of my friends went on vacation to the Wisconsin Dells (a water park just a few hours north) or to more exotic places like Disneyworld in Florida. For me, family vacation was always South Dakota: the Black Hills...
2023 Project Spotlight: City of Rocks National Reserve
We're ecstatic to be returning to the City of Rocks National Reserve (CoRNR) in southern Idaho. We first partnered with the City of Rocks National Reserve in 2021 for a successful project. Most folks haven't heard of City of Rocks, however, it's fairly accessible from...
Qualified Charitable Distributions from an IRA
Qualified Charitable Distributions from an IRA Did you know that, if you are at least 70½ years old, you can make tax-free charitable donations directly from your IRA? By making what's called a qualified charitable distribution (QCD), you can benefit your favorite...
Support Wilderness Volunteers!
Wilderness Volunteers is cultivating a passion for Wilderness! We are a national nonprofit organizing volunteers for stewardship projects in cooperation with public land agencies across the USA.
