WELCOME TO OUR 33 NEW VOLUNTEER WILDERNESS RANGERS!
On June 1, ESWA and the USFS trained 23 new VWRs. And on June 29 we trained 10 more. Thanks to everyone who made this year’s training a huge success. Let’s get out there for some patrolling and trailhead hosting!
WILLOW CREEK BRIDGE COMPLETED!
ESWA and the USFS have built a new bridge across Willow Creek, replacing the three slippery logs that were there before. This was possible because of a generous donation by MaryAnn Gaug to purchase the bridge materials. For more about the bridge read Tom Copper's excellent Get Wild article, “Building a Bridge in the Wilderness.”
Witness the Herculean effort it took to move one of the logs to decommission the old bridge!
ACTION ALERT - SAY NO TO WHEELS IN WILDERNESS!
We're not against mountain bikes in the forest. In fact, many of our members love to mountain bike. However, we want to preserve our Wilderness Areas as untrammeled places of peace for current and future generations, and for the wildlife that makes these areas home. For 60 years, the Wilderness Act has protected designated Wilderness Areas from machines of all types, including cars, trucks, ATVs, OHVs, snowmobiles, bicycles, and all other types of motorized and mechanized transport.Senator Mike Lee’s (R-UT) S. 4561 would weaken the Wilderness Act and potentially blast open every Wilderness in the nation to mountain bikes and other forms of mechanized transportation.
Our friends at Wilderness Watch have made it easy HERE to let your elected representatives know that you oppose this ill-conceived bill.
CHECK OUT ESWA’S NEW WEBSITE!
Notice that our website refresh is live at https://www.wild4eswa.org. The new website provides a modern look and feel and has some great capabilities, including the ability to sign up for all of our events at https://www.wild4eswa.org/eswa-events. We're still working to make sure the new website looks good on as many devices as possible, but because of the new functionality, we're using it extensively for events and news posts.
The old website remains functional but we will likely redirect the old URL to the new website in the coming weeks. After that time, either wild4eswa.org or eaglesummitwilderness.org will take you to the same site.
Thanks to everyone who helped make the website refresh possible!
JULY 6 TRAILHEAD HOSTING DAY - JOIN US FOR A LUNCH BBQ!
Thanks for signing up for our annual Trailhead Hosting Day, co-hosted with Friends of Dillon Ranger District. Registration for trailhead hosting is closed, but we’ll conclude with a BBQ lunch after trailhead hosting from 12:30 - 2:00 at Meadow Creek Park in Frisco – and all ESWA volunteers are welcome to join us for lunch! Contact Karn at karnstieg@comcast.net so we can have a good count of lunch attendees.
JULY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
This summer, ESWA has more volunteer opportunities than ever before. Visit ESWA’s EVENTS page to sign up, and join us for fun and rewarding activities. July outings include:
July 2: Sawyer outing - Pitkin Lake Trail (Eagle County)
July 6: Joint Trailhead Hosting day with FDRD (Summit County)
July 8: Sawyer outing – N. Willow Creek Trail (Summit County)
July 10: Sawyer outing - Rock Creek Trail (Summit County)
July 12: Wilderness sign installation - Lower Cataract Lake (Summit County)
July 13: Weed Pull (Summit County)
July 15: Maryland Creek Sawyer outing (Summit County)
July 13 -15: Llama-supported work trip - Lake Constantine (Eagle County)
July 17: Sawyer outing - Lower Cataract Lake Trail (Summit County)
July 17: Adopt-A-Trail maintenance and Sawyer outing - Deluge Lake Trail (Eagle County)
July 18-20: Llama-supported work trip - Upper Cataract/Mirror Lake (Summit County)
July 22-24: Llama-supported Sawyer work trip - upper East Lake Creek Trail (Eagle County)
July 23: Hunter’s Knob Weed Pull (Summit County)
July 26: Wilderness sign installations (Summit County)
EFFECTIVE LNT – THANKS FOR A GREAT COURSE!
Thanks to our Elena and Jesse at Leave No Trace for an informative June 28 workshop on
effective LNT communication. ESWA VWRs were joined by USFS Wilderness Rangers, and Town of Vail and VVMTA staff and volunteers. For more info, email Elena-and-jesse@lnt.org.
HELP ESWA GET $$$$$ FOR FREE!!
There is an easy way for you to give money to ESWA at no cost to you. City Market and King Soopers offers this opportunity. They will donate a percentage of every dollar you spend at their stores when you use your normal Loyalty Club Card. Here is all you need to do:
Go to the Community Rewards page on the King Sooper’s website: https://www.kingsoopers.com/i/community/community-rewards.
Click “Enroll Now.”
If you already have an online account, sign in using your email and password and skip to step 6.
If you don’t have an account, click “Create Account” at the bottom of the page.
Enter the requested information and click “Create Account.”
Under “Find an Organization” search for Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance.
Click Enroll.
THAT’S IT. NOW EVERY TIME SHOP YOU GIVE BACK TO WILDERNESS. THANK YOU.
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