Blogs

Wilderness Work

h.macslarrow - May 21, 2019

Here at SWS, we preserve Wilderness to keep it wild and full of adventure. We do this by partnering with Wilderness managers to set the gold standard of Wilderness management. Our work is driven by our members, who make up our Community of Practice.

Wilderness Store

h.macslarrow - November 19, 2018

Looking for a great way to support SWS and your next wild adventure? Shop our store! We have a bunch of awesome finds that will keep you organized and warm whether you're in the wilderness or playing on the living room floor with your wild grandbabies. Check out the store here, or go directly to one of our collections: Vintage Adventure,

A Multiview of Wilderness

h.macslarrow - November 6, 2019

My fellowship was inevitably going to require working on wild places from afar. Whether stationed at one Forest but working virtually with other distant Forests in a large state, or returning home to a different state to finish work remotely; my time in California and away from it were not all that different in how close I felt to wilderness. For the majority of the Pacific Southwest Region’s more than 60 wilderness areas, I was always going to be looking in from the outside: my view mediated by a glass pane or screen.

A Tour Through Missouri Wilderness

h.macslarrow - October 31, 2019

Stories From a Small Town

h.macslarrow - October 16, 2019

Growing up in the shadow of San Francisco and only traveling to rural America off of highway exits en route to other cities or National Parks, I had come to assume that quintessential small-town America had faded away sometime between the advent of McDonalds and Amazon Prime. My time as a Wilderness Fellow, living in various remote Alaskan fishing villages has happily proved me wrong.