A sit down with University of Montana graduate and Outdoor Recreation Planner within the Park, Christina Mills. We talk about her job, wilderness, and of course, Yellowstone.
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This winter and spring the Society will be releasing a series of articles titled NextGen Horizons in Wilderness and Civilization. This piece, the second in our series, was written by Wilderness and Civilization intern Ashley Balsom and commemorates Howard Zahniser.
In July of 1964, just a few weeks before the Wilderness Act became law, I was a 12 year old on a backpack trip with my dad, two brothers, and sister in the Rawah Wild Area in Colorado. Growing up, I was lucky to have parents who loved the outdoors and, even with the complications of four kids, managed to instill that same love in us. It was on the Rawah trip that I charted my future course, even though I didn’t realize it at the time. Camped at a beautiful mountain lake we were visited by a fellow with a burro wearing a Forest Service uniform.
A foundational goal of The Society is to create a community of practice among wilderness professionals to advance wilderness stewardship. One way that the Society is working towards that goal is a partnership with the Arthur Carhart Wilderness Training Center and the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands at Indiana University to create the Wilderness Stewardship Certificate Program (WSCP).
It’s time to cook your favorite backcountry meal!
The Society for Wilderness Stewardship (SWS) is proud to announce the second edition of the Wilderness Ranger Cookbook. Its release coincides with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act of 1964.
The presence of large predators in our increasingly human dominated landscape is a highly emotional and complicated issue for many. The recent controversy over wolf reintroduction and management in the west, specifically within wilderness, highlights this point all too well.
