Wilderness Stewardship
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…
Read MoreClean-up at Linville Falls Plunge Basin, Feb. 12
Volunteers cleaned up some nasty stuff today at the otherwise beautiful plunge basin of Linville Falls in North Carolina. (Photos: Scott Campbell and Nicholas Massey)
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 MoreVolunteer Workday in Linville Gorge Wilderness, Jan. 29
Linville Gorge volunteers braved the cold today to carry the last cache of flood plain tires and trash miles south to the wilderness boundary. (Photos: David Wheeler, Nicholas Massey,…
Read MoreJanuary Privet Pull
Today a tenacious team of volunteers pulled invasive privet and cleared deadfall in the Sipsey.
Read MoreVolunteer Workday in Linville Gorge Wilderness, Jan. 17
There must be something to it. These people love their wilderness! Volunteers picked up more tires and flood debris today in Linville Gorge. (Photos: Nicholas Massey & Terry Smith)
Read MoreVolunteer Workday in Linville Gorge Wilderness, Jan. 15
The team is at it again! Today volunteers collected tires washed into the wilderness during a flood in the 1970’s. (Photos: David Wheeler & Nicholas Massey)
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 MoreVolunteer Workday in Linville Gorge Wilderness, Dec. 31
Volunteers are what keep Linville Gorge clean! Today a crew picked up trash below the popular Wiseman’s View overlook. (Photos: Kevin Massey)
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