Archive for June 2015
June 2015 E-Zine
Explore this June -get outside and together, we will Enjoy, Value and Protect our wild places in the South! Check out how YOU can get involved with Wild South this…
Read More2015 Award Winners
Outstanding Business in Conservation: 212 Market Restaurant (Chattanooga, TN)(Video) One of the first upscale sustainable restaurants of its kind in the South, 212 Market has always been ahead of its time. The…
Read MoreHonoring Rep. Ronnie Flippo and the Sipsey Wilderness
Beginning in 1982, Representative Ronnie Gene Flippo, 5th Alabama District, sponsored and introduced legislation to expand the Sipsey Wilderness Area multiple times, finally resulting in the passage of the 1988…
Read MoreMS Rangers Stewarding the Wilds
The National Wilderness Preservation System was created by Passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964. Mississippi has three federally protected Wilderness Areas: Black Creek, Gulf Islands, and Leaf – totaling…
Read MoreNoland Creek Cherokee Trail Field Trip
Wild South Cultural Heritage Director, Lamar Marshall led a field trip with ten Cherokee youth in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week along a historic Cherokee trail known…
Read MoreWild South Hike in Bankhead National Forest June 27
Hike to Sougahoagdee Falls in the Bankhead National Forest June 27, 2015 9:00 a.m. Warrior Mountains Trading Company Sign up at Janice@wildsouth.org or 256-974-6166 . Groups size is limited and…
Read MoreVolunteer Work Day in Sipsey Wilderness, June 20
You are invited to join Wild South staff and volunteers for a work day in the Sipsey Wilderness (Alabama)! Saturday, June 20 8:00 a.m. at the Wild South office…
Read MoreNational Trails Day, June 6, 2015
Celebrate National Trails Day with Wild South! June 6, 2015 is American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day, the country’s largest celebration of trails. This year Wild South will celebrate this…
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