by wilderness | Apr 15, 2012 | 2012 trips, backpacking, REI, volunteer vacation
Yosemite National Park, CA (2006)Volunteers Mike & Jen Leonard and Rick & Marge Volpe will be at the REI Store in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia from 7-8pm on April 25th to share their experiences “Giving Something Back” with Wilderness...
by wilderness | Mar 20, 2012 | trail work, volunteer vacation
Spring is upon us and WV’s first two trips of the 2012 season are underway as of yesterday in Moab, UT and Arizona’s Superstition Wilderness.And there are plenty more to choose from this spring that are still in need of volunteers just like you –...
by wilderness | Feb 7, 2012 | dolly sods, Gandhi, quotes, volunteer vacation, west virginia
Cranberry Wilderness, Monongahela Nat’l Forest (WV), 2011I recently came across these words in a book I’ve been reading:”To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” – Mahatma GandhiWell put. Each time I...
by wilderness | Dec 13, 2011 | gift certificate, volunteer vacation
Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness, White River Nat’l Forest (CO) 2008It’s gift-giving season.This year, instead of giving something that will be used up or easily forgotten, give a gift that will be anticipated for several months, one that will create...
by wilderness | Dec 4, 2011 | 2012 trips, volunteer vacation
Glacier Nat’l Park, MT (2010)The 2012 Trips are on the Website!All 51 of them! From Minnesota to New Hampshire, West Virginia to Montana, Vermont to Alaska, Hawaii to Arizona and everywhere in between, there’s a trip for anyone and everyone. Check them out...
by wilderness | Oct 13, 2011 | trail work, video, volunteer vacation
Check out the work done by Wilderness Volunteers in the Wind River Mountains, located in Wyoming’s Shoshone National Forest.Nice work!