by wilderness | Jun 26, 2013 | 150th birthday, 2013 trips, backpacking, camping, dolly sods, hiking, Leave No Trace, nature, the nature conservancy, west virginia, wilderness, Wilderness Stewardship Volunteer
We know we’re not the only WV out there. The fine state of West Virginia is celebrating their sesquicentennial this week. It’s a state that has an abundance of wild lands and that’s worth celebrating! This fall we’ll be...
by wilderness | Nov 21, 2012 | dolly sods, media, volunteer vacation
Dolly Sods Wilderness, Monongahela Nat’l Forest, WV (2012)For the second straight year, Wilderness Volunteers spent a week clearing trails in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest – this time in the scenic Dolly Sods Wilderness. The trip...
by wilderness | Feb 7, 2012 | dolly sods, Gandhi, quotes, volunteer vacation, west virginia
Cranberry Wilderness, Monongahela Nat’l Forest (WV), 2011I recently came across these words in a book I’ve been reading:”To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” – Mahatma GandhiWell put. Each time I...
