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 | 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 | Oct 1, 2013 | 2013 trips, Barack Obama, Congress, Government Shutdown
Unfortunately, while the government is shutdown WV will not be able to send out many of the remaining service projects on our 2013 schedule. All of the country’s National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, Bureau of Land Management lands and National Forests are...
by wilderness | Sep 5, 2013 | 2013 trips, Accomplishments, Barack Obama, conservation, Leave No Trace, National Wilderness Month, President, White House, wilderness, Wilderness Act, Wilderness Stewardship Volunteer, Wilderness50
The White House has recognized September as National Wilderness Month for the fifth year in a row! The proclamation by President Obama again sets September as the month to reflect on how important wilderness is for “our lives and our national...
