by wilderness | Nov 19, 2013 | 2012 trips, 2014 trips, Arizona, backpacking, cactus, camping, hiking, nature, Photos from the Field, southwest, volunteer, wilderness, Wilderness Stewardship Volunteer, wildlife
Photo from the Field: Taken by Sarah Slover on WV’s spring service project in the Superstition Wilderness of Arizona’s Tonto National Forest in March 2012.You can sign up now for WV’s 2014 service project in the Superstition Wilderness, as well as...
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...
by wilderness | Jan 9, 2013 | 2013 trips, cactus, camping, Continental Divide Trail, Gila, Leave No Trace, New Mexico, wilderness, wildlife
Photo from WV’s CDT Service Project in the Gila NF 2012Today we turn the spotlight onto WV’s service project along the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) in the Gila National Forest. There are lots of interesting tidbits about the history of the land and the...
by wilderness | Nov 12, 2008 | Board of Directors, cactus, Saguaro National Park, trail work
The Wilderness Volunteers Board of Directors met for the annual meeting at Casa McLean in Tucson earlier this month. Before the meeting they did a day of work at Saguaro National Park, clearing the Cactus Forest Trail of plants encroaching into the trail corridor....
