2015 trips | Wilderness Volunteers

A look into the Joshua Tree National Park service project

by wilderness | Nov 16, 2015 | 2015 trips, California, camping, Joshua tree, trail work, trip spotlight, volunteer

Wilderness Volunteers hosted our first service project with Joshua Tree National Park last month and we were able to help their trail crew finish a needed project refinishing the cholla cactus garden trail and making it more accessible to visitors.Volunteer Tom...

Photos From The Field

by wilderness | Aug 4, 2015 | 2015 trips, bears, Photos from the Field, wildlife

Here are just a few of the fantastic photos uploaded to the Wilderness Volunteers Gallery so far this season.Hammond Canyon, Manti LaSal National Forest, UT (photo by Tim P.) Mojave National Preserve, CA (photo by Paul G.)Admiralty National Park, AK...

Exploring Bighorn Crags in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness

by wilderness | Jul 9, 2015 | 2015 trips, backpacking, bighorn crags, camping, Frank Church, Idaho, River of No Return, Salmon-Chalis NF, trip spotlight, volunteer, Wilderness Act, wilderness forever, wildlife

Stretching across six(!) National Forests, is the incomparable Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. At 2.367 million acres, “the Frank” is the second largest protected wilderness area in the contiguous United States, just behind Death Valley. Established in...

Truly Wild – Nevada’s Jarbidge Wilderness

by wilderness | Jun 17, 2015 | 2015 trips, hiking, Humboldt-Toyaibe, Jarbidge, National Forests, trail maintenance, trail work, trip spotlight, volunteer vacation, wild, wilderness

A photo from WV’s 2011 project in the Jarbidge WildernessIn the far northeastern section of Nevada, just below the Idaho border, lies the remote and rugged beauty of more than 110,000 acres of Jarbidge Wilderness. With soaring 10,000’ peaks looming more than...

Amazing time-lapse photography of our National Parks

by wilderness | May 29, 2015 | 2015 trips, acadia, backpacking, Big Bend, Denali, Joshua tree, Olympic National Park, The Wilderness Society, Training, volunteer, wilderness, Yosemite, Zion

Our friends at The Wilderness Society shared a wonderful post featuring some gorgeous time-lapse photography of our National Parks. Below are a few of our favorites, where we also happen to have projects in 2015!Yosemite National Park – June 7-13, 2015There may...

Project Videos: Pinnacles NP, Mojave NP, Pt. Reyes NS

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...

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