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Setting the gold standard for wilderness management

Winter is Coming. Come Join the Pack!

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 00:27

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 00:08

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 03:20

Wilderness Store

Officially announcing the launch of the SWS online store! Find great things you love and make your money go further by shopping with SWS. All products are hand-picked by us, made in the USA, and best of all, support wilderness. From one-of-a-kind Jenni Bick leather journals replete with the SWS logo, to real, old-time, heavy cotton sweatshirts, all proceeds support wilderness research, wilderness training, and growing the wilderness community. We've started our store with a selection of our favorite items, must-haves for a hike through

Wilderness Writing

Read below for a sample from our 'Scientific Perspectives' - a collection of papers, articles and blogs concerning Wilderness Stewardship. For more, visit our Scientific Perspectives page.

Wilderness Fellows

The primary purpose of the Wilderness Act is to preserve the wilderness character of protected lands. The question for stewards of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) lies in determining the definition and assessment of wilderness character. The Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute (Leopold) has spent years researching this issue and developing technical tools and protocols that guide managers in implementing monitoring and stewardship systems for wilderness character.

Wilderness Academies

Wilderness field professionals are the boots-on-the-ground task force of wilderness stewardship. They go on to become wilderness managers, administrators, policy makers, and leads. How they conceptualize wilderness character, live in wilderness, and maintain wilderness lands sets the stage not only for wilderness health but for the future of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS).

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Wilderness Workshop

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

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