When I was in college, I wanted a job working in the wilderness. I, however, had a problem. While I had been on many group backpacking trips in well-traveled wilderness…
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A Love Letter to Mother Earth: An Earth Day Message
Dear Mother Earth, What a year it has been! Last April as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up, we isolated from each other and, at first, from you. We struggled with…
Voices in the Wilderness: Ed Robinson on Art and Fear in the Wild
Ed Robinson is a retired forester, plein air artist, and 40-year resident of North Idaho.
Teaching Tracks over Zoom: Reflections on Bringing the Outdoors Inside this Winter
How can you teach track ID over zoom? We found a way to bring the outdoors inside – to 307 students in Northwest Montana and Northern Idaho this winter.
Voices in the Wilderness: Lauren Mitchell and the Song of Bug Markers
In 2011-2012 I spent the winter in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Mountain pine bark beetles were spreading through the forests at a record rate and there was a…
Winter Tracks: Learning from a distance
There’s no stopping winter education — not even in the midst of global pandemic. That’s the mindset Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness is bringing to its Winter Tracks program this…
Wilderness comes home with Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Breathtaking vistas. High adventure. Stories that celebrate both nature and the human spirit. It’s what the Wilderness experience is all about. And it’s exactly what you get at the Wild…
Voices in the Wilderness: Henry Jorden on Wild Places Near & Far
I don’t think I truly understood how unique our wild places are until I saw the New York City skyline jutting out from the horizon for the very first time. …
