Brought to you by Wilderness Representatives from:
the Forest Service, National Park Service, and BLM
Have you RSVPed? email a quick note to Lincoln Else with a rundown on who’s coming from your park/forest. Include a few photos from your wilderness area if you can as well!
Who:
Any and all wilderness rangers working in California: Forest Service, Park Service, BLM – this event is aimed at field level staff, but all are encouraged to participate.
What:
Two days of inter-agency wilderness cross pollination. A wilderness think tank combined with a social networking exchange: Edward Abbey meets My Space.
When:
Wednesday, September 17th and Thursday, September 18th
Attendees are encouraged to arrive on the night of the 16th for some pre-rendezvous socializing, and we’ll wrap up on the 18th in time for travel home.
Where:
UC Berkeley Summer Camp Lair of the Golden Bear Pinecrest, CA.
Directions to the Event
Why:
Meet staff from neighboring wilderness areas, exchange information, learn new techniques, share your enthusiasm, and work together toward protecting California’s wilderness.
Lodging: “The Lair of the Golder Bear” is a family summer vacation spot in the Stanislaus National Forest owned and operated by the California Alumni Association.
- Attendees will have use of a concessionaire-operated campground located approximately 2 miles away from the event location: Turn right off Hwy 108 onto Camp Blue Road just before Pinecrest. We’ll be camping at the Pioneer Trail Group Campground, Site #1
Directions to the Event - Local hotels are also available for anyone desiring that alternative.
Food: Attendees will have to bring their own lunches, but we are planning a pot luck dinner on the night of the 17th. We’ll have two gas grills available for barbecuing, so bring food to grill!
Agenda: For a tentative schedule of rendezvous events click here.
Discussion items will include such things as:
– Food Storage (what’s up with the Ur Sack?)
– Wilderness Monitoring (How does your neighbor do it?)
– New Wilderness Challenges (Whoa, is that a Segway or a pot farm?)
– Volunteer Programs (What works and what doesn’t?)
– Stock Use (Who sued who when over what? Why does it matter?)
– Fire in Wilderness (For the three square miles of California that haven’t burned this summer…)
– Break Out Sessions (There’s likely a few key people that really care about the same issue as you)
– Wilderness Education (What’s going on with the SWEP? Wait…. what the heck is the SWEP again?)
If you’re able to attend, please RSVP to Lincoln Else with the Sierra Wilderness Education Project:
lincoln@sierranevadawild.gov
Cell/Office: (415) 407-5785
Please forward this webpage to supervisors and staff that may be interested in attending this years event!
