VWR AL
Preserving Alabama’s Wildest Places
Alabama is home to three federally-designated Wilderness areas – Sipsey Wilderness, Cheaha Wilderness, and Dugger Mountain Wilderness. These incredibly biodiverse and geologically-fascinating areas each possess their own unique Wilderness character…
Read MoreDugger Mountain Wilderness Work Day, Feb. 11
Join Wild South volunteers and staff for a work day in Dugger Wilderness on Saturday, February 11th. We will meet at the Burns trailhead at 9 a.m. (Google Maps…
Read MoreTurkey Creek Nature Preserve Clean Up Day
Today an army of volunteers and preserve rangers removed nearly 100 tires, 80+ bags of trash and countless random items from the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve. Phenomenal teamwork!
Read MoreJanuary Privet Pull
Today a tenacious team of volunteers pulled invasive privet and cleared deadfall in the Sipsey.
Read MoreWilderness Ranger Backpacking Trip
Every year on the weekend that coincides with the recognition of Martin Luther King Day, our Alabama Wilderness Volunteer Coordinator, Kim Waites, takes a group of our Volunteer Wilderness Rangers…
Read MoreWelcome Wild South’s Newest Wilderness Rangers!
On October 1st and 2nd, twenty Wild South volunteers received their initial training preparing them to work as Volunteer Wilderness Rangers in Alabama’s three wilderness areas. Several of our veteran…
Read MoreWould You Like To Be a Wilderness Ranger?
Would You Like To Be a Wilderness Ranger? 2018 Training October 6-7 Saturday and Sunday from 9-5 Wild South office in Moulton It’s 2018, and the Wilderness Act…
Read MoreWild South Receives Grant from National Forest Foundation for Stewardship Work
Wild South received a grant from the National Forest Foundation to support volunteer stewardship of public lands in North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. Since 2006, the foundation has supported…
Read MoreA Lesson Learned in Wilderness
by Kim Waites, Wild South Alabama Wilderness Volunteer Coordinator On a late Friday afternoon, a volunteer and I were emerging from the woods after an eight mile bushwhacking adventure in…
Read MoreVolunteer Workday in Sipsey Wilderness November 14
Join Wild South for trail maintenance in Sipsey Wilderness Saturday, November 14 Meet at 8:30 at the Warrior Mountains Trading Company, 11312 Hwy. 33, Moulton, AL Option 1: A small…
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