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 | Jun 6, 2013 | 2013 trips, Accomplishments, California, nature, President, Sierra, volunteer, Volunteer Service Award, White House Barack Obama, wilderness, Wilderness Stewardship Volunteer
We were happy to receive this award and accompanying letter from President Obama in the mail this week. This recognition was prompted by our agency partners at the Sierra National Forest, due to our continuing service project in the John Muir Wilderness....
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 | Feb 27, 2013 | 2013 trips, backpacking, blog, camping, Colorado, Continental Divide Trail, nature, trail work, trip leader, trip spotlight, Weminuche
Signs of a WV project, Weminuche 2012, photo by Eric HillThis week’s project spotlight narrows in on a section of the Great Divide in the Weminuche Wilderness of Southwestern Colorado and the epic 3,100 mile Continental Divide Trail that takes hikers from Mexico...
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 | Feb 13, 2013 | 2013 trips, camping, Clearwater, Idaho, Mallard-Larkins, nature, Nez Perce, trail work, trip spotlight, volunteer, wilderness
Lush ferns and old growth cedar forests are a wonderful feature of Mallard-Larkins Pioneer Area, photo by summitpost.orgThe Wilderness Volunteers’ Project Spotlight next falls in The Gem State. Lying about 150 miles due west of Missoula, MT in the Idaho panhandle is...
