by wilderness | Oct 8, 2009 | alternative spring break, trail work
Leader Training Trip, Inyo National Forest, CA (2006)The spring 2010 trips are up! Check them out here.The summer and fall trips will be posted during the first week of December.Start planning your adventures now for the new year!During the months of October and...
by wilderness | Sep 23, 2009 | Sawtooth Wilderness, trail work
The View from High Pass in the Sawtooth Mountains, IDWilderness Volunteers has a long association with the Sawtooth Wilderness in central Idaho, and volunteer leader and board member Gayle Marechal has led a trip there every year since 2003. This August, Gayle –...
by wilderness | Sep 2, 2009 | Boundary Waters, canoe, nature, trail work, video, wildlife
Boundary Waters Wilderness, MN (2009)…With a canoe.I just returned from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness where we worked on portage trails for the week. Sort of like backpacking, only you have to carry the canoe over the portages – as well as your...
by wilderness | Aug 25, 2009 | media, Midewin Tallgrass Prairie, trail work
Check out this article and learn how you can take a “working vacation” and “give something back” with Wilderness Volunteers.Thanks to all the participants on the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie service trip!
by wilderness | Jul 27, 2009 | trail work, White Mountains
Wilderness Volunteers just completed its second trip to the Pemigewasset Wilderness in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Volunteer leaders Robin and Carter Bland report:”One thing we enjoy about WV trips is the opportunity to get to know the rangers, trail...
by wilderness | Apr 13, 2009 | trail work
“Cross-Cutting” in the Jedidiah Smith Wilderness, ID/WY (2007)Sunday’s New York Times has a captivating article on “America’s Outback: Southern Utah,” which prominently features the expansive 1.9 million acre Grand...