by Aidalicia Swertfeger | Mar 25, 2024 | 2024 Projects, Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado, Indigenous Peoples
We got the chance to chat with Jeffrey Morris, the Outdoor Recreation Planner at Canyon of the Ancients National Monument to learn more about our planned project and this area. This Colorado National Monument is 260 miles northwest of Albuquerque, NM, 110 miles...
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 | Jul 25, 2013 | 2013 trips, Accomplishments, backpacking, blog, camping, Clearwater, Colorado, hiking, Idaho, La Sal Mountains, Leave No Trace, Mallard-Larkins, Utah, volunteer, wilderness
A new crop of leadersIt is one of those busy summer weeks for Wilderness Volunteers. We’ve got 4 projects out in the field right now, making a difference and giving back on a variety of wild lands.There are two projects currently in Colorado and both are...
by wilderness | Jul 3, 2013 | Colorado, Testimonial, trail work, volunteer, volunteer vacation, Wilderness Stewardship Volunteer
“…developing a relationship with Wilderness Volunteers has really paid off.”We received the following kind letter from S. Conrad Clements, Trails Work Leader for the Colorado National Monument. We’re extremely grateful for all the hard...
by wilderness | Feb 27, 2013 | 2013 trips, backpacking, blog, camping, Colorado, Continental Divide Trail, nature, trail work, trip leader, trip spotlight, Weminuche
Signs of a WV project, Weminuche 2012, photo by Eric HillThis week’s project spotlight narrows in on a section of the Great Divide in the Weminuche Wilderness of Southwestern Colorado and the epic 3,100 mile Continental Divide Trail that takes hikers from Mexico...
