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 | Oct 13, 2010 | alternative spring break, Russian Olive, trail work, volunteer
Selway Bitterroot Wilderness, ID (2010)That’s right. Just as the 2010 trip season concludes with a week of trail-building along Arkansas’ Buffalo National River, the 2011 spring trip schedule is up and ready to go. Highlights include two alternative spring...
by wilderness | Dec 6, 2009 | Escalante, flood, invasive species, Russian Olive, southwest, trail work, video
Escalante River Canyon, UT (2009)When he’s not teaching Latin American Literature at UC San Diego, Wilderness Volunteer trip leader Misha Kokotovic is busy battling invasive Russian Olive trees – notorious for choking off rivers and streams in the West...