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WV Partners In the News – HawkWatch Intl and the Goshute Mountains

by wilderness | May 8, 2013 | 2013 trips, birds, camping, conservation, Goshute, great basin, hiking, trail work, trip spotlight, wilderness, Wilderness Stewardship Volunteer

Check out this neat article in the May/June issue of Nevada Magazine about one of our partners, HawkWatch International. WV’s upcoming project June 2 – 8 in the Goshute Mountains is a combined project, as we’ll work to maintain the trail used...

My First WV Project

by wilderness | May 6, 2013 | 2013 trips, Accomplishments, birds, blog, California, camping, condors, geology, hiking, nature, Pinnacles, trail work, wilderness, wildlife

While I’ve come to get the know Wilderness Volunteers very well over the last half year as the organization’s first Development Coordinator, it wasn’t until the recent service project in America’s newest national park, Pinnacles, that I got to experience WV in...

Project Spotlight: Mojave National Preserve

by wilderness | Feb 6, 2013 | 2013 trips, birds, cactus, camping, desert, geology, invasive species, Joshua tree, Mojave, trip spotlight, volunteer, wilderness, wildlife

A Joshua Tree in Mojave sunset light, photo by Paul GoldbergToday we spotlight the WV project in the vast Mojave National Preserve, the 3rd largest unit of the National Park System in the contiguous US. Formerly named the East Mojave National Scenic Area and managed...

Project Spotlight: Mission Mountains Wilderness

by wilderness | Jan 23, 2013 | 2013 trips, backpacking, bears, birds, camping, Mission Mountains, Montana, trail work, trip spotlight

Photo by Katy Giorgio from WV’s 2011 Service ProjectToday we spotlight our service project in the broken and beautiful Mission Mountains of Montana, often called “America’s Alps.” Towering mountains, glacial lakes, clear cold streams and majestic falls are a few...

Project Spotlight: Goshute Peak

by wilderness | Jan 17, 2013 | 2013 trips, backpacking, birds, camping, eagles, Goshute, raptors, trail work, trip spotlight, wilderness

The view from high in the Goshute MountainsToday’s WV service project spotlight falls in Elko County in the Northeast corner of Nevada. Altering the path of Interstate 80 is the Toano Range and Goshute Mountains, offering the distinctly rugged and remarkable beauty of...

Hey…What’s Hedwig Doing Here?

by wilderness | Jan 26, 2012 | birds, nature, raptors, snowy owls, wildlife

A snowy owl in New JerseyIn keeping with the recent raptor theme, here’s a neat article on a fascinating development taking place right now in the northern United States. Birders call it the snowy owl irruption.Translation: a lot of snowy owls.Unless...

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