by wilderness | Nov 20, 2013 | 2014 trips, Accomplishments, blog, camping, Continental Divide Trail, Gila, hiking, New Mexico, restoration, southwest, trail work, wilderness, Wilderness Stewardship Volunteer
We checked in with Annette Smits, the North Zone Trails Coordinator for the Gila National Forest ahead of our returning service project there, June 8 – 14, 2014. We asked Annette about the area, her work and how to help, among a number of other...
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 | Nov 12, 2013 | 2013 trips, 2014 trips, Accomplishments, backpacking, California, camping, earth day, exercise, hiking, Leave No Trace, Lost Coast, photography, Photos from the Field, trip spotlight, volunteer
Sharing photos from the field has been a regular feature from the WV facebook page and we’ll now be sharing on the blog as well! If you have a favorite photo that you’d like us to feature, please let us know by dropping a note to...
by wilderness | Nov 7, 2013 | animal tracks, bears, grizzly, hiking, wilderness, wildlife, wolves
A grizzly bear and leopold wolf in Yellowstone NP, Doug Smith 2006, courtesy of Yellowstone National ParkA recent study released in the Journal of Animal Ecology has officially detailed the symbiotic relationship of two of North America’s greatest predators, the...
by wilderness | Oct 30, 2013 | 2013 trips, Accomplishments, camping, Escalante, gear, hiking, invasive species, rehabilitation, restoration, Russian Olive, Utah, volunteer, wilderness, Wilderness Stewardship Volunteer
Yes, I am “that girl” who decided to go to Utah after reading Aron Ralston’s “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” and watching 127 Hours – I was mesmerized by the slot canyons, the vast expanses of empty desert, the hoodoos – it just looked other-worldly. I would...
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...
