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By Carter Collins Wilderness Win’ – an action or inaction that improves or attributes to the preservation of wilderness character. For example, take an iconic mountainous wilderness in which a storm has washed out a section of tread and blown down 100+ trees. A sense of urgency to provide access leads some to think about making an exception for chainsaw use in wilderness. Instead, we send a SAWS trail crew out to repair the tread and clear the trees, restoring access and pres

Dear Friends of SAWS, 2020 has been quite a year. The SAWS team is safe and doing well, and we hope you are too. We wanted to share with you some of our activities over the past few months, as we have worked to respond to the pandemic and adjust our planned field operations, support safe and positive outdoor experiences, create jobs in the outdoors, and stand in solidarity against racial injustice. Please let us know how you are doing, and if you have any suggestions for our