Helping Hands March/April 2017

On the 3rd Saturday of every month, Wild South hosts a volunteer work day in the Sipsey Wilderness. Over winter, we generally pull privet along Thompson Creek. Then our focus shifts to other projects that need attention. In March, we had our last privet pulling day of the season. In A

In March and April, Wild South led several hikes in the Bankhead National Forest. Volunteer hike leaders took us to Soughahoagdee Falls, Holmes Chapel Falls, Collier Creek and Indian Tomb Hollow. Wild South leads free hikes on the first and last Saturdays of every month, weather permi

  Springtime would not be complete without a trip to Indian Tomb Hollow Saturday, April 29 9:00 a.m. Meet at the Wild South office. 552 Lawrence Street on the square in downtown Moulton. Group size is limited, advance sign-up required: kim@wildsouth.org or 256-974-6166.  Please i

Helping Hands Volunteer Workday Trail maintenance on Sipsey Wilderness Trail 207 Saturday, April 15 8:30 a.m. at the the Wild South office, 552 Lawrence Street, Moulton, AL Sign up at janice@wildsouth.org or 256-974-6166 We will walk trail as a through-hike to trim out encroaching veg

Wild South Celebrates Earth Day Saturday, April 22 Join Wild South for a special Earth Day hike at Brushy Lake in the Bankhead National Forest. We will be using a popular data collection app, iNaturalist, to identify and document the species we find. Download and have it ready but not

Join Wild South for an evening of fellowship and film! This Earth month we kick off our first in a monthly screening of films that inspire and educate the public on important environmental issues and timeless environmental heroes. We will screen The Green Fire, a documentary on the li

Get outside and explore YOUR forest! Two hikes to choose from on April 1 9:30 a.m. Warrior Mountains Trading Company at 11312 Alabama Hwy. 33, Moulton, Alabama Sign up at janice@wildsouth.org or 256-974-6166 and leave your phone number, which hike you prefer and number in your group.

Wildflower hike in Bankhead National Forest Witness the unfurling of spring. Sunday, March 26 1:00 p.m. at Warrior Mountains Trading Company, 11312 Hwy. 33, Moulton, Alabama Sign up at janice@wildsouth.org or 256-974-6166.  Advance sign-up is required in order to keep group size fairl

Saturday, March 25 9:00 a.m. at Warrior Mountains Trading Company, 11312 Hwy. 33, Moulton, Alabama in the community of Wren. Sign up at janice@wildsouth.org or 256-974-6166.  Advance sign-up is required. If it makes sense for you to meet the group somewhere in the Bankhead instead of

Join Wild South for our annual Spring Break Wild Wednesday hike for families in the Bankhead National Forest Wednesday, March 22 9:30 a.m. at Warrior Mountains Trading Company, 11312 Hwy. 33, Moulton, Alabama Sign up at janice@wildsouth.org or 256-974-6166.  Priority will be given to