Wilderness Stewardship
Volunteer Workday in Linville Gorge Wilderness, Dec. 23
Volunteers continue to clean up decades of trash in Linville Gorge Wilderness. Today a team carried an abandoned 84-pound steel cable up the infamous Pinch-In Trail. (Photos: Mike Jones)
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 MoreVolunteer Workday in Sipsey Wilderness, May 21
Volunteer Workday in Sipsey Wilderness Saturday, May 21 8:30 a.m. Wild South office, 552 Lawrence Street, Moulton, Alabama Sign up or ask questions at janice@wildsouth.org or 256-974-6166 Location: The Sipsey…
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 MorePrivet-pullers unite! Sipsey Wilderness volunteer work day Dec. 19
Join Wild South staff and volunteers for privet-pulling on Thompson Creek in the Sipsey Wilderness Saturday, December 19 Wild South office in downtown Moulton, Alabama 8:30 a.m. Sign up at janice@wildsouth.org or…
Read MorePublic Comment Deadline December 15 on Pisgah-Nantahala Management Plan
The forests need your voice! Comment deadline December 15 The mountains in Western North Carolina are home to the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests, which offer endless opportunities for recreation,…
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…
Read MoreAlabama Wilderness – Wild South works to protect a national legacy
The National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS), established by The Wilderness Act of 1964, now contains over 109 million acres of federal lands in 765 distinct wilderness areas. Three of these…
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