{"id":5885,"date":"2020-02-15T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=5885"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:19","slug":"field-notes-02-14-2020-national-wilderness-stewardship-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=5885","title":{"rendered":"Field Notes 02\/14\/2020 – National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hike the Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week was the annual gathering of the national scenic and historic trail community in DC to educate Congress, meet with agencies, and build support for trails.\u00a0 NWSA was there along with Back Country Horsemen<\/strong> and other Wilderness groups to lend our voice and to expand opportunities for wilderness stewardship.<\/p>\n

We are happy to report that the Forest Service Chief took this opportunity to express her full support for Shared Stewardship and to renew the NFS Trail Stewardship Partner funding for $200,000 in 2020.\u00a0 Find more details here.<\/a><\/p>\n

This is in addition to the $200,000 already secured for Wilderness Stewardship Performance activities.<\/p>\n

Applications for both programs are due by March 30th.<\/p>\n

Webinars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday,\u00a0March 10\u00a0at 1:00 PM Mountain<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leave No Trace\u00a0 \u2014 Refresher, Updates, Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Erin Collier, Brice Esplin, and Faith Overall<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s new with Leave No Trace, and how can you incorporate the principles into your daily work?\u00a0 Erin Collier & Brice Esplin, Subaru\/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers, will provide a general Leave No Trace refresher with an emphasis on updates, research, and resources, geared toward wilderness stewardship groups and agency partners. Faith Overall,\u00a0Leave No Trace’s Education and Outreach coordinator and volunteer for the Indian Peaks Wilderness Alliance will also join to provide a volunteer perspective and answer questions on getting more involved.<\/p>\n

Register Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Wilderness Workshop Presentations and Videos<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many presentations at the Workshop are posted on the WORKSHOP PAGE<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/a>\u00a0 You can also find the Program and Abstracts.\u00a0 Several of the main sessions were video taped and as soon as they are available will be placed on this page as well.\u00a0 The Final Plenary session and Derick Lugo’s Closing Presentation are now available online.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2020 Funding Program Application Periods are Open<\/strong><\/p>\n

As noted above NWSA has two funding programs for wilderness stewards.<\/p>\n

The Wilderness Stewardship Performance Partner Funding and<\/p>\n

The National Forest System Trail Stewardship Partner Funding.<\/p>\n

Both application periods will end March 30, 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now is the time to renew your memberships for 2020.\u00a0 WSP Funding requires a NWSA membership in order to apply.<\/p>\n

Renew NOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In other Member News:<\/strong>\u00a0 Memberships will now track calendar years.\u00a0 Memberships renewals for 2020 began October 1st and are good for the entire calendar year 2020.\u00a0 Participate in Funding programs, get discounts to the National Wilderness Workshop and keep informed about national issues affecting wilderness stewardship.<\/p>\n

Forest Service WSP Webinars now Posted<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest WSP webinars are posted on Wilderness Connect.\u00a0 The webinars include the Plants element and Recreation Sites element.<\/p>\n

These webinars can be found at the link below, along with the nine other WSP elements already posted and of course the other outstanding past and planned webinars by the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, and other great partners.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/wilderness.net\/practitioners\/training\/free-webinars\/default.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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