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Jul 18, 2018
Step By Step
By Scotty Bowman The first time I lugged a gear and tool laden pack onto my back, I felt like I would collapse from the weight of it....
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Jun 16, 2018
Spruce, Sphagnum, and a Roaring Fork: Tom and Skip go to Beartown
Skip atop Hutchinson's Rock From Hutchinson’s rock at 4,480 feet, the view of Burke’s Garden below is stunning, a round bowl of fertile...
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Dec 20, 2017
Keeping It Wild - The Mountain Bike Divide
We are stewards of wild places. We value the positive impact that preserving wild places can have on ecosystems, individuals and...
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Dec 4, 2017
On Art, Wilderness, and the act of simply being
By Simon Farr It’s almost been four months since my season with the SAWS Regional Trail Crew came to an end. The gear is clean, the...
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Nov 8, 2017
Nature and Grief: The Reconciliation
Written by Emma Bouchard My brother passed on the cusp of fall. A time when trees become open and vulnerable, as the forest quietly...
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Oct 18, 2017
Wild Things, Part 2: The Pipevine Swallowtail
Written By David Greene To the right is a pipevine swallowtail caterpillar (Battus philenor). No doubt that you have probably seen dozens...
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Oct 12, 2017
Wild Things, Part 1: Ganoderma
Written by David Greene Chances are that if you have been hiking the Southern Appalachians in the last few years, you’ve come across some...
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Sep 11, 2017
Dispatches From the Field: Connection in Disconnection
By: A SAWS Seasonal Employee As a young person (or any person) in this day and age, it is practically impossible to live a productive...
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Aug 25, 2017
Dispatches from the Field: Knobby Knees and Big Trees
By Katie Kull The first time I experienced Joyce Kilmer – Slickrock Wilderness, I was 6 years old. Like many local families, we had...
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Aug 17, 2017
Dispatches From the Field: The Dumbest Thing
Written by Mason Boring. Mason is a SAWS Wilderness Ranger on the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee. “That’s about the dumbest thing...
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Jul 12, 2017
Dispatches from the Field: Trail Capitan's Log
Trail Capitan’s Log Capitan Matt McWilliams Citico Creek Wilderness This July the 21st, in the year of 2017, Midsummer’s night marks the...
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Jun 19, 2017
Dispatches from the Field: Jumping In
By Jennifer Millsaps Anxious. Socially awkward. That’s me in a nutshell. I didn’t quite know what I was getting myself into when I...
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Apr 6, 2017
Naval Academy Midshipmen join SAWS staff for training weekend
SAWS hosted eleven US Naval Academy Midshipmen at Cave Mountain Lake Campground in Natural Bridge Station, VA for a weekend of...
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Feb 26, 2017
SAWS expands work in Virginia
SAWS opened a new regional office in Roanoke, VA this week. The Roanoke based staff will focus on the partnership role SAWS plays for the...
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Dec 30, 2016
On Citico Creek- Part II
By Chris Robey When we brush, we work close to the water and use our creek voices to speak. The water’s voice is so loud you have to...
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Dec 20, 2016
Seasonal Service and Lasting Lessons
By Elizabeth Collins There I found myself - at the end of yet another seasonal job. I was getting good at this - not making any...
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Dec 6, 2016
On Citico Creek-Part I
By Chris Robey One privy ditch dug, one bear bag hung and after a long first day my crewmates and I rest now on the cobble-strewn bank of...
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Dec 5, 2016
SAWS December Fundraising Campaign
We are kicking off a fundraising campaign for one of our 2017 Field Crews. Please consider donating through our gofundme campaign or...
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Sep 7, 2016
Great Fungi
By Abi Roberts Where would the great fungi civilization be, If with eyes, they saw as we? Comparing each and every stalk, As if the...
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Aug 31, 2016
Service to Country
This summer we launched a new partnership with the United States Naval Academy, engaging with Midshipmen from across the country in...
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