h.macslarrow - May 21, 2019
Here at SWS, we call ourselves Wilderness Guardians. We have members across the country, and each and every one is a part of our Community of Practice. We are the "Watchers on the Wall" (if you're a Game of Thrones fan), or the "Fellowship of the Ring" (if you're a Lord of the Rings fan), or "Dumbledore's Army" (If you're a Harry Potter fan) or the people that make sure wilderness stays protected (if you don't go in for any of that other stuff).
h.macslarrow - November 19, 2018
Looking for a great way to support SWS and outfit yourself? Shop our store! We have a bunch of awesome finds that will keep you organized and warm whether you're in the backcountry or playing on the living room floor with your grandbabies. Check out the store here, or go directly to one of our collections: Vintage & Rare, Little One, Stickers & Stationary, and Tees & Hats. All goods made in the USA (except some of the Vintage & Rare, these items change and were not originally sourced by us).
h.macslarrow - September 6, 2017
A Retrospective of the Olympic Wilderness and Wilderness Management—Part II
Andrew Ackerman
May 26, 2017
h.macslarrow - September 6, 2017
A Retrospective of the Olympic Wilderness and Wilderness Management—Part 1
Andrew Ackerman
April 29, 2017
I have considered myself a student of wild places for over three decades. As a teen, my curiosity was simply a passion for the unspoiled, a desire to explore and learn about new places, and the personal freedom that came with it. There was also the physical challenge, testing my limits. Wild places satisfied all elements of my being -mind, body, and spirit.
h.macslarrow - September 6, 2017
At the Intersection of Wilderness, Fire and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities in Wilderness Stewardship
Nancy Taylor & Sam Commarto
May 2, 2017
h.macslarrow - November 18, 2016
Picture yourself here, at the National Wilderness Workshop! Every fall we team up with the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance to put on the National Wilderness Workshop at locations around the country. We tackle emerging issues in wilderness with the newest research and best discussions. Save the date for our 2019 Workshop, which will take place in Bend, Oregon, from October 23 to 26. Our theme this year is around the nexxus of recreation and
h.macslarrow - November 18, 2016
The Wilderness Fellows program is SWS' premier vehicle to kill two birds with one stone - provide land management agencies with high-level, professional expertise on a variety of projects; and connect young professionals to the next step in their career. Fellows are placed around the country, and tackle tasks such as: wilderness character monitoring (compiling a report showing the health of a wilderness so that it can be managed to maintain that health), solitude monitoring (assessing whether a wilderness has opportunities for solitude), and recreation planning (permit analysis and impleme
h.macslarrow - November 18, 2016
A large part of designating a wilderness area is identifying it's boundaries. Will it go over or around this mountian? How close to this road or town? What habitat should it include? But as we all know, the boundaries we drawn on maps are human in nature - they do not dictate the ecological processes or start or end of habitat. And how an adjacent (or gateway) town functions affects nearby wildernesses. Noise and light pollution, recreation and incursion, loss of biodiversity, heat emanating from blacktop.
h.macslarrow - November 18, 2016
Save the date! The 2018 National Wilderness Workshop will be held in the fall in Gunnison, Colorado. Specific dates coming soon, please continue to check back on this page. For this year's workshop, we're teaming up with the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, Western
h.macslarrow - October 13, 2016
It’s a chilly morning when I hop into the truck of one of the recreation staff, my tour guide for the day. She pulls away from the bunkhouse and we drive towards the mountains. I answer questions the whole way: what do you do? Where have you been? What do you want to see here? What do other National Forests do? When we park at the end of the road, we are perched upon the divide of two wilderness areas: Peru Peak and Big Branch. These two mountainous areas are divided by a snowmobile corridor – the only access to the Robert T. Strafford White Rocks National Recreation Area in winter.
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