National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance Grant
The National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance 2023 Wilderness Stewardship Performance (WSP) Funding Program, offered in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, awarded $810,190 to 25 Wilderness Stewardship Performance projects in designated wilderness areas across the nation. This funding enables non-profit partner organizations and volunteer stewards to assist their Forest Service partners in completing a variety of wilderness stewardship tasks including educating wilderness users, monitoring opportunities for solitude, and inventory and control of invasive species.
The slate of projects selected this year will support Wilderness Stewardship Performance score increases in 69 wilderness areas spanning 20 U.S. states all Forest Service regions. In addition to completing necessary wilderness work, non-profit partners will engage approximately 2,000 volunteers in 40,418 hours of wilderness stewardship activities, leveraging federal dollars with $1,560,720 in cash and in-kind support at a ratio of almost 2:1.
Since 2018, the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance has been funding the protection of the Wasatch Mountains through their granting program. Our Wilderness Stewardship Project has covered over 1,000 miles of trail maintenance, collected over 300 pounds of trash, and worked with over 800 volunteers. None of this would have happened without the financial support from the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance – thank you.
This year we are excited to announce a new program for the Wilderness Stewardship Project called Wilderness Recreation Site Monitoring. This program is entirely funded by NWSA. And we could not do this work without them and YOU!
