Poudre Wilderness Volunteers

Twenty-five university students from Iraq joined Poudre Wilderness Volunteers for two days in early August to learn about public lands conservation and the role volunteers play in it. 

The PWV Trail Crew was hard at work in 2010 and had many accomplishments

Four proud PWVs (Jan Creager, Chair; Margaret Shaklee, Treasurer; Don Creager, Secretary; and Jim Shaklee, Chair Elect) recently traveled to Washington, D.C. on behalf of Poudre Wilderness Volunteers to accept the 2010 national Take Pride in America award for a non-profit organization.

In April 2010 Chuck Bell was named a University of Phoenix Volunteer Leader Award Honoree, an award given by HandsOn Network and the University of Phoenix to 10 outstanding volunteer leaders in the nation.  These leaders have motivated others and served as catalysts for change in their communities.

In March, PWV hosted a gathering of wilderness stewardship groups from across the nation. From the meeting came a new organization: the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance.  

A steering committee with representatives from many organizations, and with great support from the Forest Service, planned the meeting.  PWV was honored to host the meeting, and our local organizing committee did an amazing job!

We've posted a special issue of the PWV newsletter, Poudre Trails, on the PWV website.  You can access it here:

 Poudre Trails Spring Special Edition

They call it “hiking with a purpose.”

Poudre Wilderness Volunteers (PWV), which received an environmental stewardship award December 6th, 2009 from the Larimer County Commissioners and the Environmental Advisory Board, has been assisting the U.S Forest Service since 1995, patrolling, repairing, and caring for the wilderness on foot and on horseback. This year, its members put in 22,080 hours of work, the equivalent of $450,000 worth of time and effort, according to Forest Service records. One member totaled over 2,000 hours.