by wilderness | Feb 11, 2015 | Big Burn, fire prevention, Idaho, Leave No Trace, Montana, National Forests, nature, PBS, Pulaski, Wild Films, wilderness
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...
by wilderness | Jun 13, 2014 | 2014 trips, backpacking, camping, hiking, history of wilderness, Idaho, Leave No Trace, Montana, restoration, wilderness
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...
by wilderness | Jan 23, 2013 | 2013 trips, backpacking, bears, birds, camping, Mission Mountains, Montana, trail work, trip spotlight
Photo by Katy Giorgio from WV’s 2011 Service ProjectToday we spotlight our service project in the broken and beautiful Mission Mountains of Montana, often called “America’s Alps.” Towering mountains, glacial lakes, clear cold streams and majestic falls are a few...
by wilderness | Jul 13, 2010 | Montana, music, nature
Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT (2005)Thoreau took to the woods for inspiration, peace of mind, and creative expression. Bill Bryson took a “walk in the woods” and wrote all about it. So did Aldo Leopold, John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, and...
by wilderness | Jan 13, 2009 | David Walburn, Glacier National Park, Montana, music, video
Two years ago, a good friend of mine visited Montana and returned with some music by a folk singer named David Walburn. Apparently, he sang songs about mountains, Big Sky Country, a cabin, the American West, fishin’, and bears – needless to say, a few of...