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 | Feb 27, 2015 | Accomplishments, Barack Obama, Colorado, conservation, Monument Designation, New National Monument, volunteer, White House Barack Obama, wild, wilderness
Chalk Cliffs of Browns Canyon, Colorado. Photo by John Fielder / Friends of Browns CanyonLast week, President Obama declared three new National Monuments under the 1906 Antiquities Act. The three areas offer a range of of educational, historical and wilderness...
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 | 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...
by wilderness | Jan 15, 2014 | 2013 trips, 2014 trips, Accomplishments, backpacking, camping, Canyonlands, La Sal Mountains, Manti-La Sal NF, Testimonial, trail work, Utah, volunteer, wilderness, Wilderness Stewardship Volunteer
We recently caught up with Brian Murdock, the Recreation, Wilderness & Trails Manager for the Monticello/Moab ranger district of the Manti-La Sal National Forest to talk about our work in the Dark Canyon Wilderness; our next project there is May 11 –...
