by wilderness | May 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Those of you who’ve followed Wilderness Volunteers for a while know that one of our longest-running service projects is the effort to restore southern Utah’s magnificent Escalante River by removing the invasive (and rather thorny) Russian olive tree. Since... by wilderness | May 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Reeni and Jack Knudson, adventurous Wilderness Volunteers participants from Prescott, AZ, are planning to cross the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) from end-to-end in June. They are reaching out to the WV community to give them motivation and raise money... by wilderness | May 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
It was the Spring of 2009 when I co-led a Wilderness Volunteers trip for the first time as an employee. Seeking a special experience, I chose a previously unexplored part of the country for me, and with a co-leader I trusted — Gayle Marechal, whom I’d met... by wilderness | Mar 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
From The Wilderness Society Website:Volunteer vacations in wilderness: Spend a week helping wilderness by wilderness | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
During last Spring’s WV service project in the Dark Canyon Wilderness of southeastern Utah, I heard the strangest and most interesting of sounds. Each night, in the evenings and early mornings I heard a repetitive “boop, boop, boop”, akin to the... by wilderness | Jan 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
This year, Wilderness Volunteers is offering its second project in the Kootznoowoo Wilderness in cooperation with the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. This is a beautiful remote wilderness with coastal forests of Sitka spruce and western hemlock situated...
