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Wild Wednesday Video Series
Wild Wednesday nature hikes for kids and families This summer, Wild South’s popular Wild Wednesday hikes in the Bankhead National Forest and Sipsey Wilderness are being conducted in the form of videos because of the coronavirus pandemic. We like to see kids and families out exploring the wonders of our National Forests and Wilderness areas…
Read MoreThere is no curbside trash pick up in the Sipsey Wilderness
When we know better, we do better. Author – Janice Barrett Four wood nymphs and a troll, as our group was described by Robert Howell, Wild South volunteer, board member and self-declared troll, descended into a canyon of the Sipsey Wilderness on a solidly overcast, magnolia-scented morning in May. The four wood nymphs were Wild…
Read MoreAdaptation in the Time of Pandemic How Wild South’s work in Alabama has changed – for now.
Once upon a time, in late winter of 2020, the simple and everyday acts of wrestling open the cranky door to our office with bare hands, stopping in at the cubicle of Kim, my co-worker, for a chat before walking upstairs and greeting the volunteers or hikers gathered there – seeing rangers huddled together over…
Read MoreWild South Store
Wild South is excited to announce the launch of our new store in partnership with Opportunity Center – Easter Seals. The Opportunity Center-Easter Seals is a nationally accredited non-profit organization providing vocational evaluation/assessment, paid work training and employment services for people with disabilities using internal and external contracts. Mission Statement To provide vocational development and…
Read MoreWild Wednesday Episode 7 – Brushy Lake Recreation Area Part 2
Off the bluff trail and into the creek! Wild Wednesday explorers Andrew, Maggie, Carlos and Anthony join Janice Barrett in discovering what lives in Brushy Creek below the 1930’s Civilian Conservation Corp dam. Carefully turning over rocks (and carefully replacing them), wading through aquatic plants and searching along the edge of the water revealed the…
Read MoreWild Wednesday Episode 6 – Brushy Lake Recreation Area
This Wild Wednesday adventure is dedicated with great love to the memory of our friend Dave Hollaway – Camp McDowell’s Big Dave – who inspired us, entertained us and taught us with open-hearted enthusiasm that was as big and wild as the sky. This week’s Wild Wednesday adventure is an exploration of the bluff…
Read MoreWild Wednesday Episode 5 – Nature Photography on Sipsey Fork
This week’s Wild Wednesday explorers are led by photographer Josh Levesque on the Sipsey Fork in the Bankhead National Forest in northwest Alabama. Join us on this fun adventure with Josh, Bella and Jack Newby and Wild South staff and discover the amazing beauty and life on Alabama’s only Wild and Scenic river and how…
Read MoreWild Wednesday Episode 4 – July 22, 2020
The Sipsey Wilderness is the location of this week’s Wild Wednesday nature hike for kids and families. Wild South staff member and Leave No Trace Master Educator Kim Waites weaves the Seven Principles of Leave No Trace into our exploration. Today’s adventure includes a scavenger hunt that you can do wherever you are. Follow the…
Read MoreWild Wednesday Video Hike for Kids and Families in the Bankhead National Forest
Welcome to Wild South’s Wild Wednesday hike! This week, we explore with biologist and research scientist Joseph Jenkins in the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River, Alabama’s only Wild and Scenic River. Join us as we discover what lives in and near the river! Joseph tells us about the Black Warrior Waterdog and Flattened…
Read MoreWild Wednesday hike in the Bankhead National Forest, July 8
Welcome to this week’s Wild Wednesday nature hike for kids and families! Today, Maggie Johnston from Camp McDowell explores with us in the Bankhead National Forest. Before the video starts, grab a pencil and a piece of paper so that you can join in the fun activity that Maggie has for us! Even when we…
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