Wilderness Act 50th Anniversary

Wilderness 50 National Local Events Committee

Interagency-NGO effort

Agenda

• General welcome and introduction to our team • Updates from the National Team • Have you added your event yet? www.wilderness50th.org• Tools for your events• Announcements from states• 2014 Webinars (first Wednesday of every month at 11AM PST)

- July 2

National Conference – Registration*price will go up on July 31

Keynote Speaker Updates

Douglas Brinkley

Brinkley is Professor of History at Rice University, a bestselling author, and presidential historian for CBS News. He will speak at the National Wilderness Conference as part of Wilderness: An American Icon onSaturday, October 18th.

Dave Foreman

Foreman is a longtime wilderness conservationist and founder of the Wildlands Project. He will speak as part of the conference’s closing keynote address,Inspiration for the Future of Wilderness on Sunday, October 19th.

Learn more about each of the National Wilderness Conference’s keynote speakers in our upcoming newsletters or on our website.

Conference Program

Partnerships and Professionalism: The New Paradigm for Wilderness Preservation

• For up to 200 attendees • Hosted at the Rio Grande Nature Center with

an evening social at the Elena Galagos Open Space adjacent to the Sandia Mountain Wilderness.

• This training will be held October 14 and 15, 2014 and costs $75/participant. Participants who are also attending the National Wilderness Conference receive a $25 discount.

Gila 90th• The Gila Wilderness, the first national

dedicated wilderness, was created on June 3, 1924 as a result of a proposal by the renowned conservation pioneer Aldo Leopold.

• To commemorate this historical event, the Gila National Forest hosted a celebration of the 90th anniversary of the dedication of the Gila Wilderness on May 25 at the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Visitor Center.

• Also opening for the Gila 90th anniversary is, “Gila Wild,” an exhibit at the Silver City Museum including historical photos and artifacts, interactive displays, demonstrations and special programs throughout the year

Wild America Exhibit• New Mexico’s Etherton Gallery announces its

summer exhibition Wild America • Opening June 10, featuring photographs by

Bay Area photographer, Debra Bloomfield from her recent series, Wilderness and a selection of classic images by Ansel Adams.

Keeping Wilderness Relevant for the Next 50 Years

• Mark your calendars to join us for a free live web event, Is Wilderness Still Relevant After 50 Years?, hosted by 50th media sponsor Orion Magazine on June 19th at 7pm EST with advocates, educators, and agency representatives including: – Doug Scott, author and historian; – Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro; – David Sobel, place-based education writer and author of Beyond

Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education; and – Jimmy Gaudry, 20-year veteran Forest Service wilderness manager and

current wilderness program leader for the Service’s Southern Region. • Be sure to register so you can listen live, or download the

podcast afterwards to listen later.

National Updates - Events

Adding your event

Adding your event

Join the Movement• Many new youtube videos on wilderness – Join the Movement: Saguaro Wilderness

Wilderness Forever Exhibit

• Wilderness 50 images available• ftp://ftp.cfc.umt.edu/Special/Ronald/50th/

Top100SmithsonianImages/

Anniversary Displays

• http://www.wilderness50th.org/documents/Wilderness50_Display_Reservation_Form.pdf

• Fill out the reservation form and email it to 50th anniversary student intern Ian Davidson: ian.davidson@umconnect.umt.edu

Mark your calendar

Upcoming Webinars in this series: • 2014 Webinars (first Wednesday of every month at 11AM PST)

– July 2

Vicky Hoover, Sierra Club, Co-Chair National Local Events Committee

Kass Hardy, NPS, Co-Chair National Local Events Committee