by wilderness | Jan 3, 2017 | 2016, Bears Ears, Nevada, New National Monument, Utah
With just a few days left in 2016, President Obama designated two new national monuments, protecting over 1.6 million additional acres of our nation’s public lands.Bears Ears National Monument (named for two distinctive buttes that rise high above Cedar Mesa)...
by wilderness | Apr 18, 2016 | birthday, Escalante, Grand Staircase, GSENM, Utah
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2016! Wilderness Volunteers has been working with Grand Staircase-Escalante for 18 of those years doing a variety of projects, from backcountry restoration to eradication of...
by wilderness | Feb 20, 2015 | 2015 trips, Arizona, backpacking, camping, canyon country, car camping, Escalante, Glen Canyon, grand canyon, Hawaii Volcanoes, Leave No Trace, National Forests, North Kaibab, Utah, wilderness, wildfire
In just a few short weeks, the 2015 Wilderness Volunteers project season will kick off with a full trip to the Mojave. Get out of the cold and into the wilderness with projects across the southwest (and Hawaii), such as these projects on the Colorado Plateau:Moab...
by wilderness | Feb 6, 2015 | 2015 trips, archeology, desert, geology, hiking, Leave No Trace, San Rafael Swell, trip spotlight, Utah, volunteer, volunteer vacation, wild, wilderness
Photo of the San Rafael Swell, from photographer Vera de Kok, Spaces are available on a spring WV service project in one of the most striking areas of the Colorado Plateau – the San Rafael Swell. Geologically referred to as a massive domal...
by wilderness | Jan 31, 2015 | 2014 trips, Accomplishments, backpacking, Boundary Waters, camping, Glacier National Park, hiking, photography, Photos from the Field, San Rafael Swell, trail maintenance, Utah, wild, wilderness
We’re pleased to announce the winning entries from the 2014 WV Photo Contest, sponsored by Mountainsmith, Sea to Summit, Crazy Creek and Ribz. We received more than 100 submissions, representing the majority of projects we had in the field in 2014. There were so...
by wilderness | Apr 29, 2014 | 2014 trips, California, Canyonlands, hiking, La Sal Mountains, Leave No Trace, Manti-La Sal NF, Outdoor, trail maintenance, trail work, Utah, volunteer
Join Wilderness Volunteers on our second annual project in the La Sal Mountains of the Manti-La Sal National Forest, July 27 – August 2, 2014. The La Sal Mountains are the second highest range in Utah and offer miles of trails, great wildlife viewing, abundant...
