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 | 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...
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...
by wilderness | Apr 18, 2013 | backpacking, exercise, hiking, Training, volunteer
This year’s Wilderness Volunteers projects have started, with one trip in the field this week, and three going out next week.If you are preparing for your upcoming project, or for a backpack trip in the upcoming months, you are probably working on being in...
by wilderness | Feb 20, 2013 | 2013 trips, camping, hiking, La Sal Mountains, Manti-La Sal NF, nature, southwest, trail work, trip spotlight, Utah, volunteer
WV’s 2013 project will camp nearby the stunningly beautiful Warner Lake, photo by Jeff MauroneA view of Mt. Peale, photo by GSECThe Wilderness Volunteers Project Spotlight next lands on the outdoor recreation haven of southeastern Utah, in the Manti-La Sal...
by wilderness | Jan 30, 2013 | 2013 trips, backpacking, camping, hiking, New Mexico, Pecos, volunteer, wilderness
Not a bad spot to give something back, WV 2011 Pecos Wilderness, Photo by Katy GiorgioNow we turn our attention to the vast and beautiful Pecos Wilderness within Northern New Mexico’s Santa Fe National Forest. The Santa Fe National Forest was originally protected in...
