News
May, 2013, Vol. 2, Issue 5
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Greetings!
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How, and under what circumstances should stewardship groups take up the banner of advocacy, or advocacy organizations take on stewardship activities?
Each direction may be a useful progression for your group.
Do potential rewards and risks balance out?
This month, we begin a conversation about blending advocacy and stewardship, with some thoughts from Adam Andis of Sitka Conservation Society.
Read the article, then email us your thoughts.
Happy Trails!
Dave Cantrell
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| On Being Advocates |
Advocacy and stewardship are hardly mutually exclusive. Yet, some stewardship groups refuse to engage in advocacy, while some wilderness advocacy groups - many of them national -- loathe to take up stewardship.
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| Get Your Group Started: NWSA Workshop, Colorado, June 15 | |
If you're trying to start a wilderness group or need inspiration for your existing group, join Dave Cantrell, Chris Brown and others for NWSA's summer workshop in Buena Vista, Colorado.
Learn more.
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Crosscut Saw Training Update
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The Forest Service has been working for more than a year to establish a draft policy for standardized training on crosscut saws.
Read the latest here.
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Help Us Grow Our Community of Wilderness Stewards!
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Wilderness50 Photo Contest
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Wilderness50 has launched a nationwide photo contest for this summer (2013), with winning photographs to be exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
Photo categories include scenic landscapes, wildlife, people in wilderness and inspirational moments. Learn more.
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Jobs, Events and Resources
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Events
Wilderness Ranger Academy June 4 - 7
Region 5, San Bernardino N.F., California
The academy is an opportunity for new wilderness stewards to learn from experienced volunteers and forest service staff. Certification workshops in LNT, crosscut saw, more.
National Equestrian Trails Conference July 18-20
The theme of this year's National Equestrian Trails Conference is Helping the American Trail Rider Understand Conservation Policy. Speakers include NWSA board member Bill Hodge. There will also be trail events and workshops. July 18-20, 2013 -- Rock Hill, S.C.
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Save the Date!
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Jobs
If you have a job opening -- whether paid or volunteer -- send it to us for our jobs board.
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One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.
-- Henry David Thoreau
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The mission of the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance is to develop a network of volunteer-based organizations to provide stewardship for America's enduring resource of wilderness. Our vision is to see each wilderness area within the National Wilderness Preservation System adopted by a local wilderness stewardship organization working in partnership with federal land agencies and dedicated to protecting and nurturing the area's wilderness
If you're a member of NWSA, feel free to post NWSA content, with proper attribution, to your site, or forward to your own members. And, if you know agency staff, partner groups or individuals who are wilderness stewards, please forward this email to them.
Photo Credits
Banner:
Sawyer - USFS photo;
Trailwork - Bill Hodge photo;
Monitoring invasive species - USFS photo;
Youth planting tree - USFS photo
Stacy Bare, the Sierra Club
Trail clearing, Siskiyou Mountain Club
Howard Zahniser, Wilderness.net
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