Below Wilderness Volunteers leader Kathleen Worley reflects on the retirement of Keith Waterfall, a long serving agency contact in the Inyo National Forest. While Keith may have moved on, Kathleen is leading another great project in the Inyo NF in 2016, this...
Imagine hiking five miles into a wooded wilderness and finding a beautiful stream. Imagine sitting and listening to the sound of the stream rushing over the rocks, the breeze blowing through the trees, the birds singing, and the sense of peace and solitude you would...
In just a few short weeks, the 2015 Wilderness Volunteers project season will kick off with a full trip to the Mojave. Get out of the cold and into the wilderness with projects across the southwest (and Hawaii), such as these projects on the Colorado Plateau:Moab...
Volunteer Ed Leonard sharpens his Pulaski on a WV trip in Dolly Sods 2012If you’ve been on a service project with WV, there is a very good chance you’ve used a Pulaski. This common hand-tool features an ax on one side of the head and an adze or hoe on the...
Photo of the San Rafael Swell, from photographer Vera de Kok, Spaces are available on a spring WV service project in one of the most striking areas of the Colorado Plateau – the San Rafael Swell. Geologically referred to as a massive domal...
There are still spaces remaining on WV service projects in several outstanding wild places. Here are a few of the places that have spots available to give something back:Mission Mountains Wilderness, Montana, July 19 – 26Photo by Tammy Rinaldi, WV Service...
