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SAWS Friends and Family, We are thrilled to kick off our celebration of 10 years of SAWS with the news that SAWS has received two national awards for wilderness stewardship! We were honored to receive the Bob Marshall Award for Group Champion of Wilderness Stewardship from the Forest Service, which is the agency’s highest annual group award for wilderness stewardship. We were also honored to be given the inaugural Wilderness Stewardship Organization of the Year award from the

SAWS recognizes and honors October 12, 2020, as Indigenous Peoples' Day, and celebrates the culture and heritage of Tribal Nations and communities. In this next year, we commit to learning, acknowledging, and sharing a more truthful history of the lands we live and work on, including federal public lands and wilderness areas, recognizing the intergenerational trauma, violence, displacement, and erasure that Tribal Nations and communities have endured. We recognize the continu

Do you have a passion for the outdoors? Are you interested in ensuring equal access for all to our nation's public lands? Do you want to be a part of an organization that creates jobs and bolsters communities? Well, the SAWS Board of Directors is currently seeking candidates who may be interested in serving on its growing and dynamic Board. In our upcoming Fall meeting, we’ll be adding five (5) directors with terms ending in November 2023, with an option to serve a second thr