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We are a leading national organization, dedicated to developing and implementing the gold standard of wilderness and natural resource management across the United States.

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What We Do

Excellence in Natural Resource Management

Train a highly skilled professional workforce providing in-depth knowledge on wilderness and natural resource stewardship and management paired with high-level project management skills.

Innovation and AdaptabilitY

Creatively solve problems and catalyzes innovative tools to drive solutions. Codifying work into new standards and practices for continued success.

Education and Capacity Building

Empower individuals with necessary skills and knowledge to develop thorough and high-quality processes and products. Provide the needed capacity to advance land management objectives.

Collaboration and Partnership

Work with land managers across the nation to ideate, facilitate, grow and actualize the gold standard of wilderness and natural resource management.

Long-Term Stewardship

Our team of experts leverages innovative approaches by conducting research, being flexible to partner needs and educating partners and the public on the resources available to steward our wildlands. Through strong partnerships SWS delivers measurable results that support the management of our nation's existing wildlands to ensure these lands are maintained for generations to come.

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Wilderness professionals

We're a team of passionate individuals that work to help federal agencies manage wilderness areas. We love wild lands and work to protect recreation access for hiking, fishing, hunting, and simply enjoying our country's public lands. 

Building community

We help put on the National Wilderness Workshop. This conference brings wilderness managers, researchers, and stewards together to connect and learn about wilderness issues.

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Workforce training

We help support regional wilderness academies and skills trainings. At these events we connect agency staff, partners, and volunteers both inside and outside of the classroom. By helping plan these events, we alliviate the workload on agencies.

Adding work capacity

In the last 20 years, we've worked in over 300 wilderness areas. We streamline government efficiency by adding needed capacity and creating jobs for wilderness programs across the country.

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