Combing the meadows Yosemite National Park stretches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, spanning nea...

Below Wilderness Volunteers leader Kathleen Worley reflects on the retirement of Keith Waterfall, a long serving agency contact in the Inyo...

After years with a heavier tent I recently picked up a Henry Shires Double Rainbow Tarptent. I had heard good things about the Tarptent - th...

Stretching across six(!) National Forests, is the incomparable Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness . At 2.367 million acres, “th...

Our friends at The Wilderness Society shared a wonderful post featuring some gorgeous time-lapse photography of our National Parks. Below ar...

Our 2014 photo contest had many wonderful submissions, such as the following great shots of the moon. WV participant  David Peters on two...

In just a few short weeks, the 2015 Wilderness Volunteers project season will kick off with a full trip to the Mojave. Get out of the c...

We're pleased to announce the winning entries from the 2014 WV Photo Contest, sponsored by Mountainsmith , Sea to Summit , Crazy Creek ...

This new film by Backpacker's Pantry makes the point that everyone welcomes a good hot meal in the outdoors, whatever their backpacking ...

There are still spaces remaining on WV service projects in several outstanding wild places. Here are a few of the places that have spots a...

We recently caught up with Brian Murdock, the Recreation, Wilderness & Trails Manager for the Monticello/Moab ranger district of the Man...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there are more people who do not engage in leisure-time physical activity than t...

Photo from the Field: Taken by Sarah Slover on WV's spring service project in the Superstition Wilderness of Arizona's Tonto Nationa...

Everyone knows that staying hydrated while participating in outdoor activities is important. We all think that thirst will trigger us to dri...

Sharing photos from the field has been a regular feature from the WV facebook page and we'll now be sharing on the blog as well!  If you...

The WV 2014 Spring Schedule is out now ! We will be returning to many established projects, such as our award-winning project in Yosemite...

Wilderness Volunteers has been selected as the Volunteer Group of the Year by Yosemite National Park! With over 9,500 volunteers donating...

Report From The Field by Dave Pacheco This past week, I co-led a group of intrepid Wilderness Volunteers into the rugged Sawtooth Wil...

Last week, we crossed the halfway mark for our 16th season of giving something back through weeklong service projects.  While there's s...