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 | Dec 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Oregon Field Guide video essay reflects on the 50th year of the Wilderness Act in the northwest. by wilderness | Dec 2, 2014 | 2014 trips, Keen, leaders, National Forest Foundation, Saguaro
Wilderness Volunteers wrapped up the 2014 season just before Thanksgiving with the Saguaro National Park service trip in southern Arizona. This was the latest trip that we’ve fielded, but it was a perfect time with great weather and we plan to do it again in... by wilderness | Nov 13, 2014 | CDT, Continental Divide Trail, Gila, spotted owl, thru-hiking
Wilderness Volunteers recently did a week of work on the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) near Apache Creek, NM, in cooperation with the Glenwood Ranger District of the Gila National Forest. We were building new trail through a section of the forest that is closed to...
