by wilderness | Apr 28, 2015 | 2014 trips, 2015 trips, Accomplishments, California, camping, condors, invasive species, Mojave, Pinnacles, trail maintenance, video, volunteer, wilderness, Wilderness Stewardship Volunteer
Veteran Wilderness Volunteer Tom Coroneos has done more than 20 projects giving back all over the country! And beyond being an excellent volunteer, he’s terrific at making movies, having put together many great videos, including several about his recent WV...
by wilderness | Apr 7, 2015 | 2014 trips, Accomplishments, backpacking, Gila, National Forests, New Mexico, photography, Photos from the Field, volunteer, wilderness, Wilderness Act
Our 2014 photo contest had many wonderful submissions, such as the following great shots of the moon.WV participant David Peters on two of his photos he took on the Continental Divide Trail building project in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest:I love taking...
by wilderness | Jan 31, 2015 | 2014 trips, Accomplishments, backpacking, Boundary Waters, camping, Glacier National Park, hiking, photography, Photos from the Field, San Rafael Swell, trail maintenance, Utah, wild, wilderness
We’re pleased to announce the winning entries from the 2014 WV Photo Contest, sponsored by Mountainsmith, Sea to Summit, Crazy Creek and Ribz. We received more than 100 submissions, representing the majority of projects we had in the field in 2014. There were so...
by wilderness | Dec 2, 2014 | 2014 trips, Keen, leaders, National Forest Foundation, Saguaro
Wilderness Volunteers wrapped up the 2014 season just before Thanksgiving with the Saguaro National Park service trip in southern Arizona. This was the latest trip that we’ve fielded, but it was a perfect time with great weather and we plan to do it again in...
by wilderness | Jun 13, 2014 | 2014 trips, backpacking, camping, hiking, history of wilderness, Idaho, Leave No Trace, Montana, restoration, wilderness
There are still spaces remaining on WV service projects in several outstanding wild places. Here are a few of the places that have spots available to give something back:Mission Mountains Wilderness, Montana, July 19 – 26Photo by Tammy Rinaldi, WV Service...
by wilderness | May 21, 2014 | 2014 trips, Accomplishments, Barack Obama, Leave No Trace, New Mexico, New National Monument, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks, volunteer
Organ Mountains as seen from the east.Nearly 500,000 acres of beautiful New Mexico wild land are now protected with the declaration of the new Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. The work in managing the monument only begins once the land is...
