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Aug 11, 2014
Meanderings
By Scotty Bowman, Field Supervisor Some people call it a sling blade. I call it a swing blade, while others call it a grass whip. What it...
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Aug 8, 2014
20 Seconds on Ramsey’s Draft
By Heather Eggleston, Wilderness Ranger I pause mid creek on a round red rock. I look where the water comes from and where it is going...
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Jul 24, 2014
A Beautiful Day in The Wilderness Neighborhood
By Charlie Smillie, Wilderness Ranger It’s a beautiful day in the Wilderness neighborhood, here on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National...
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Jul 23, 2014
Pardon The Interruption
By Eric Giebelstein, Wilderness Ranger While monitoring for solitude in the wonderful Ramsey's Draft Wilderness in Virginia, I came...
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Jul 21, 2014
NC's Natural Treasures: 50 Years of Staying Wild
Read all about it! Correspondent Delene Beeland interviewed The Wilderness Society's SAWS Program Director, Bill Hodge for an article...
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Jul 17, 2014
Succession
By Heather Eggleston, Wilderness Ranger It is my third time into Ramsey’s Draft Wilderness area. I am starting to trust the trail, to...
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Jul 10, 2014
I Saw a Bear Today
by Nathan Mynatt, Wilderness Ranger I saw a bear today! Not much of one, only a wide black butt-end crashing into the undergrowth, but I...
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Jul 7, 2014
Eric's Rewilding
by Eric Giebelstein, Wilderness Ranger I'm so enthused to be back for my second season as a Wilderness Ranger for Southern Appalachian...
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Jul 1, 2014
There's A First Time For Everything
Charlie and I have developed a fairly irksome habit, which is that we seem to be getting everything wrong the first time. For example, we...
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Jun 25, 2014
WCC Crew Logs Out Citico Creek
June 4-11, 2014: The 2014 Wilderness Conservation Corps (WCC) crew kicked off their field season in early June. During their first...
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Jun 23, 2014
Dear Wilderness
Dear Wilderness, When we first met, I didn’t know how much I would come to love you, how much you would mean to me. I was quite young,...
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Jun 11, 2014
Back in Wilderness
It’s been well over a year since I've worked in Wilderness. My previous season working for The Wilderness Society’s Southern Appalachian...
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May 27, 2014
Asheville Citizen-Times: Celebrating 50 Years of Wilderness
From The Asheville Citizen-Times, May 2014. (View on the Citizen-Times website) It’s still not easy to get to Cold Mountain. Much as it...
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May 8, 2014
All Are Invited: Celebrating the Champions of Wilderness
Come spend an evening celebrating the champions of Wilderness with The Wilderness Society and friends! Honor leaders past and present who...
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Apr 24, 2014
SAWS and CMC Featured in Smoky Mountain News
The Wilderness Society's SAWS program and the Wilderness Crew of the Carolina Mountain Club were featured in an article in the Smoky...
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Apr 11, 2014
EMU Students Give Back to Joyce Kilmer Slickrock
Between February 23 and 28, SAWS hosted 10 students from Eastern Michigan University's Alternative Break program. The student group...
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Apr 10, 2014
Tennessee's wilderness takes critical step toward protection
April 8, 2014 Press release from Tennessee Wild: Local community cheers Senators and urges for House introduction Chattanooga, TN (April...
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Apr 2, 2014
The Laurel of Asheville: Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness
From The Laurel of Asheville, April 2014 (View on The Laurel's website.) By Brent Martin When American poet, writer, and Sergeant Joyce...
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Mar 17, 2014
Bill Hodge of The Wilderness Society Receives White House “Champion of Change” Award
Award recognizes training of youth as wilderness stewards in the Southern Appalachians Contact: Michael Reinemer, Communications Manager,...
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Mar 5, 2014
WILD Crew Logs Out Benton MacKaye
The SAWS crew had a beautiful day on the Benton MacKaye Trail (BMT) on February 23 completing some “spring cleaning,” which is trailspeak...
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