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 | Jan 16, 2015 | Forest Service, multiple use, wilderness, Wilderness Act
The Multiple Use and Sustained Yield Act of 1960 brought the term “multiple use” into common use, but it is used differently by different users. Commercial interests tend to use it as meaning “development” instead of protection. The Act lists...
by wilderness | Dec 23, 2014 | Alpine Lakes, Columbine Hondo, Hermosa Creek, Rocky Mountain Front, wilderness, Wovoka
President Obama signed the defense spending act into law on Friday, and with it, a bill that adds 245,000 acres of newly designated wilderness in Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Washington.Included are:– the Hermosa Creek Watershed, San Juan National...
by wilderness | Nov 12, 2014 | Boundary Waters, canoes, wilderness
Gillian Grant, a participant on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness project we did with the LaCroix Ranger District in August, wrote a post for her employer’s blog about the experience. It finally went live this week and can be seen at this link with the...
by wilderness | Sep 14, 2014 | let's celebrate wilderness, wilderness, Wilderness Act
“If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it.” ...
by wilderness | Sep 2, 2014 | Bandelier, climate change, Maroon Bells, wild, wilderness, Wilderness Act, Yosemite
In a recent NYTimes editorial, Christopher Solomon states that the Wilderness Act, at 50 years, is facing a midlife crisis. Solomon cites some environmentalists that believe human intervention may be required in order to save or restore the original wilderness...
