by wilderness | Jan 13, 2010 | trail work
Sawtooth Wilderness, ID (2007)In case you missed the news amidst the holiday shuffle, the summer and fall trips are on the website! You’ll notice many old favorites as well as several new locations. Check them out here. Is this your year to finally try canoeing...
by wilderness | Dec 21, 2009 | trail work
John Muir Wilderness, Inyo Nat’l Forest, CA (2006)In the spirit of the holiday season, here’s a look at what our volunteers accomplished in 2009 – all 502 of them. On 47 trips. Over the course of more than 14,442 hours of work. (Valued at nearly...
by wilderness | Dec 18, 2009 | Arizona, media, North Kaibab, southwest, trail work
North Kaibab National Forest, AZ (2009) In mid-September, 13 participants spent a week in the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest building steps into an eroded section of the North Canyon Trail and conducting general trail maintenance in the...
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...
by wilderness | Dec 3, 2009 | geotextile, tools, trail work
A reader contacted me about the survey at the top of this page with precisely that question.Since I had never heard of geotextile before using it on a trip two years ago, she’s likely not the only one out there with this question. So I figured I’d share...
by wilderness | Oct 21, 2009 | Inyo National Forest, trail work
Inyo National Forest, CA (2002)Volunteer leader Kathleen Worley, who in her day job can be found onstage or teaching theatre at Reed College in Portland, OR reports on her latest trip to the Sierra’s Inyo National Forest:”This summer I had the opportunity...
