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Volunteer with SWV
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Nearly one quarter of the Stanislaus National Forest is Designated Wilderness! The Emigrant, Carson-Iceberg and Mokelumne Wilderness Areas represent a magnificent segment of the Sierra Nevada - John Muir's Range of Light.
WHO WE ARE
The Stanislaus Wilderness Volunteers (SWV) are a diverse and growing team of Wilderness loving citizens. We are teachers, business owners, students, retirees, entrepreneurs, sportsmen, public servants, doctors, lawyers, consultants, pharmacists, builders, administrators who are united by a shared love of the idea of American Wilderness.
WHAT WE DO
We exist for the sole purpose of supporting the Forest Service in it's Wilderness Management mission.
SWV members fill a wide range of roles which support the Forest Service. Volunteers deliver wilderness awareness and "Leave No Trace" (LNT) education through a variety of methods. In the field, volunteers conduct wilderness impact monitoring, and inform and educate visitors on LNT principals to provide awareness of the importance of restoring and maintaining wilderness lands.
HOW WE HELP
We also support the Forest Service by providing staffing at front desks, and support a wide array of special projects such as trail maintenance and reconstruction, watershed restoration, area cleanups, and seek financial support via grant writing and fundraising activities to strengthen our organizational capabilities.
In the more than 40 years since the passage of the Wilderness Act America's support for Wilderness has only strengthened, but the job of wilderness restoration and protection also has grown in magnitude and complexity. SWV is committed to evolving to keep pace with the needs of the wilderness and the Forest Service.
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