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40th Anniversary Events Calendar

Featured Accomplishments in 2004
September 2004 issue of Common Ground will look back at the last 40 years of wilderness.

Friends of Allegheny Wilderness commemorate Howard Zahniser's contributions to Wilderness protection with 3-day canoe trip in Pennsylvania.

Mother Earth News celebrates the 40th anniversary of wilderness with article titled "Why we need wilderness" in August/September 2004 Issue

Wilderness Fest in Juneau, Alaska on June 13, 2004 celebrates wilderness with paddling, hiking, food and music.
JUMP TO EVENTS IN: Alaska | Arizona | California | Colorado | District of Columbia | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Louisiana | Massachusetts | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | South Dakota | Utah | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | Wyoming

• Miscellaneous events/products: Official 40th anniversary logo, posters, t-shirt designs, pins, books etc.
• Learn how to organize a Walk for Wilderness in your community.
• Alaska
  • Symphony of Wilderness - June 12, 2004
  • Wilderness Fest - June 13, 2004
  • Wilderness 40th Anniversary, 4th of July parade float - July 4, 2004
  • WildFest Celebration - August 14, 2004
  • Education Series: Kayaking the Alaskan Wilderness - August 20, 2004, 7-8pm
  • Education Series: Video "Wild By Law" - August 27, 2004, 7-8pm
  • Celebration of Alaska’s Wilderness and Cultural Heritage - August 28, 2004, 7-11:30pm
  • Backwoods and Waters Natural History Series, "Alone Across the Arctic Crown" - August 30, 2004, 7pm
  • Wilderness Boat Cruise -- South Baranof Wilderness area - August 31, 2004, 1-4pm
  • "Wild by Law" Video Showing - September 1, 2004, 7pm
  • Wilderness Boat Cruise -- Suloia Bay and the beginning of the West Chicagoff Wilderness - September 2, 2004, 5-8pm
  • Sitka Conservation Society Summer Potluck Picnic - September 3, 2004, 6pm
  • Sitka Ranger District Campfire Program - September 3, 2004, 7-8:30pm
  • Education Series: Wilderness on The Tongass National Forest - September 3, 2004, 7-8pm
  • Prince William Sound Wilderness Clean-up - September 4, 2004
  • Education Series: Video "Artic Dance, The Mardy Murie Story" - September 10, 2004, 7-8pm
  • Wilderness Fireside Series - September 17-November 12, 2004
• Arizona
  • Educational Weekend Offered in White Mountains - August 19-22, 2004
  • Celebrating 40 Years of Wilderness—An Anniversary Party for the 1964 Wilderness Act - September 3, 2004, Day event 10am-4pm, Evening program 5:30-8pm
  • Sky Island Alliance Wilderness Celebration Weekend - September 3-6, 2004
• California
  • Hike for Wilderness - Proposed Ishi Wilderness Study Area’s Mill Creek Unit - April 30, 2004
  • Memorial Day Weekend Wilderness Backpack Trip - May 29-31, 2004
  • "Celebrate the Siskiyous" Backpack Trip - June 12, 13, 2004
  • Multi-Cultural Celebration - An evening in July
  • King Range Day Hike - July 10, 2004
  • Mad River Buttes Backpack - August 21, 22, 2004
  • Wilderness Booth, Strawberry Music Festival - September 4, 2004
  • Wilderness Celebration - Idyllwild - September 4-12, 2004
  • Walk for Wilderness - Stanisluas NF - September 11, 2004
  • Walk for Wilderness - San Francisco - September 11, 2004
  • Wilderness Celebration - Mt. Shasta City - September 18, 2004
  • An interagency celebration of Wilderness - October 2, 2004, 10am-2pm
  • Humboldt Wilderness Festival featuring the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival - October 2, 2004
  • Wilderness and Nature Lecture - October 4, 2004, 6:30pm
  • Fall Educators Festival - October 6, 2004, 4-6pm
  • Bald Eagle Watch - October 19, 2004, 8:30-10am
  • National Monument Celebration - October 23, 2004, 8am-4pm
  • America's Greatest Gift - November 4, 2004, 9:30am
  • "Weed" Art Show - November 6, 7, 2004, 4pm
  • A Countdown to Earthquakes - November 8, 2004, 2pm
  • Roadrunner: Cuckoo of the Desert - November 10, 2004, 3pm
  • Saving the Ancients - November 18, 2004, 10:30am
  • Walk for Wilderness - Sacramento - TBA
  • Sierra Wilderness Rendezvous and Interagency Celebration, Wilderness T-shirt and Poster
• Colorado
  • Wilderbash - June 3, 2004
  • Happy 40th Anniversary to the Wilderness Act! - Fort Collins - July 27, 2004
  • Happy 40th Anniversary to the Wilderness Act! - Boulder - July 29, 2004, 6pm
  • Happy 40th Anniversary to the Wilderness Act! - Colorado Springs - September 1, 2004, 5-8pm
  • Walk for Wilderness - Granby - September 4-6, 2004
  • Living History with Stuart Wier: "Lewis and Clark and the American Wilderness" - September 11, 2004, 7pm
  • Wilderness Events - Ft. Collins - September 11, 2004
  • Walk for Wilderness - Vail - September 12, 2004
  • Happy 40th Anniversary to the Wilderness Act - Denver Metro Area - September 17, 2004, 5:30pm
  • John Fielder slide show presenting "Mountain Ranges of Colorado" and book signing - September 18, 2004, 7pm
  • Walk for Wilderness - Evergreen - September 18, 2004
  • Walk for Wilderness - Aspen - September 25, 2004, 10am-12pm
  • Wild by Law – Part 1 - September 25, 2004, 7pm
  • Walk for Wilderness - Gunnison - October 1, 2, 2004
  • Wild by Law – Part 2 - October 2, 2004, 7pm
  • "Wilderness: An Act of Contrition" & "Wilderness and the Imagination" - October 9, 2004, 7pm
  • "The Last Solitude" - Video portraying the nation’s first Wilderness area, the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico. - October 16, 2004, 7pm
  • Ralph Swain, Wilderness Program Manager for the Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service: "What Does The Wilderness Act Mean to Land Managers?" - October 23, 2004, 7pm
  • Wilderness 40th Anniversary Celebration - October 24, 2004, 3-7pm
  • "Visions of the Wild" - Video of America’s wilderness heritage and the continuing battle to preserve it. - October 30, 2004, 7pm
  • Tim Devine, Wilderness Program Specialist for Rocky Mountain National Park: "Unfinished Business: Rocky’s Wilderness Status" - November, 6, 2004, 7pm
  • Dougald MacDonald, author of "Longs Peak – The Story of Colorado’s Favorite Fourteener" - November 13, 2004, 7pm
  • "Soft Paths in the Wilderness" and "Leave No Trace" - November 20, 2004, 7pm
  • The Role of Natural Fire in Wilderness: Videos on the changing view of fire, from historic firefighting footage to Little Smokey Bear to current management practices. - November 27, 2004, 7pm
  • "The Last Parable" - December 4, 2004, 7pm
  • Wilderness Events - Durango - TBA
  • Wilderness events - Boulder - TBA
  • Wilderness Events - Steamboat - TBA
  • Walk for Wilderness - Grand Lake - TBA
  • Walk for Wilderness - Winter Park - TBA
• District of Columbia
  • Wilderness Act 40th Anniversary Wilderness Advocacy Week - September 18 - 22, 2004
• Georgia
  • Paddle for Wilderness - Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge - September 18, 2004
• Hawaii
  • Kilauea Volcano Wilderness Runs - July 31, 2004, 6am - Wilderness Marathon, 7am - Rim Run and Kilauea Caldera Walk and Run
  • After Dark in the Park - October 5, 2004, 7pm
• Idaho
  • Inspiration from the Wild--Photographic journey and contest for Idaho’s Wilderness - May 1-July 16, August 6-14, August 15-22, August 22-30, September 1-15, September 16-30, 2004
  • 40th Anniversary celebration of wilderness and backcountry skills - June 4-6, 2004
  • Owyhee Rendezvous - June 17-20, 2004
  • Landscape Painting in Oil with Bob Grogan - June 28-July 2, 2004, 9am-4pm
  • Wilderness Hike (North Crater) - July 3, 2004
  • A Brush with Nature: Watercolor Painting on Location with Sheila Gardner - July 6-9, 2004, 10am-4pm
  • Wilderness Hike (Tree Molds) - July 10, 2004
  • Wilderness Hike (Echo Crater) - July 17, 2004
  • Peak of the Month Hike - July 17, August 21, September 18, 2004
  • Champion Lake Ridge Hike - July 21, 2004
  • "Wild Ways - Wilderness Skills Demo Days" - July 24, 2004, 11am-3:30pm
  • Wilderness Hike (Geology) - July 24, 2004
  • Walk for Wilderness - Titus Ridge - July 24, 2004
  • South Senate Creek Hike - July 31, 2004
  • Wilderness Theme Weeks - August through Labor Day
  • Beyond Recreation: The Other Values of Wilderness - August or September - TBA
  • "Two Gun Bob"--Explorer of Craters of the Moon Wilderness - August - Date TBA, September 4, 2004, 8pm
  • East Fork of North Fork Wood River to Unnamed Lake - August 4, 2004
  • West Fork Trail—Boulder Mountain Hike for New Moms - August 11, 2004
  • Naturalist Skills Series: Backcountry Cooking - August 11, 2004, 10am-3pm
  • Readings from the Wild - August 14, 28, 2004, 7pm
  • Born Lakes Hike - August 28, 2004
  • 40th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act PHOTO CONTEST - Deadline is August 31, 2004
  • Images of Wild Idaho - September 3, 2004
  • Armchair Adventure series with Wilderness theme - September 16, 2004
  • Robert Glenn Ketchum Workshop - September 16, 2004, 10am-4pm, September 17, 2004, 10am-12pm
  • "On Behalf of the Wolf and the First Peoples Talk -- Joe Marshall" - September 23, 2004
  • Robert Glenn Ketchum public lecture - October 14, 2004
  • West Word: Writing from the New West - February or March 2005 - TBA
  • Special showing of the PBS film "American Values: American Wilderness" - Early 2005 - TBA
• Louisiana
  • Walk for Wilderness - Lacombe - October 2, 2004
• Massachusetts
  • Walk for Wilderness - Rollis Island - TBA
• Minnesota
  • 40th Anniversary Exhibit and Lecture - September 2004
  • Walk for Wilderness - Duluth - September 2004
  • Paddle for Wilderness - St. Paul - September 2004
  • Exhibits to Highlight Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness - September 17-December 15, 2004
  • Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Annual Luncheon - October 7, 2004
• Mississippi
  • Press Trip to Gulf Islands Wilderness - September 1, 2004
  • Childrens Program and "Wild By Law" Showing - September 4, 5, 2004
• Missouri
  • Swampfox for Wilderness Event--Mingo National Wildlife Refuge - October 15, 16, 2004
• Montana
  • RiverFest 2004: The 40th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act, Celebrating Wilderness, Water and Wildflowers - September 18, 2004, 10AM
  • First Friday, Celebration of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Continuing the Journey - October 1, 2004
• New Jersey
  • Walk for Wilderness - Harding Township - September 11, 2004
  • Walk for Wilderness - Oceanville - October 23, 2004
• New Mexico
  • Mountain Discovery Day - July 31, 2004, 10am-3pm
  • 4th Annual Wilderness Conference - September 4, 2004, 9am-4pm
  • Remembering Abbey in New Mexico - September 25, 2004, 7pm
  • Walk for Wilderness - Albuquerque - October 23, 2004.
• New York
  • National Wilderness Conference - October 10-13, 2004
• Oregon
  • "Celebration Wilderness" at the Wallowa Mountains Visitor Center - August 30-September 6, 2004
  • 2004 Desert Conference - September 9-12, 2004
  • Celebration of Wilderness - Ongoing dates during 2004.
• Pennsylvania
  • Tionesta Wilderness Area Backpacking Trip - August 14, 15, 2004
  • 40th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act Allegheny River canoe trip - August 27-29, 2004
  • Walk for Wilderness - September 4, 2004
• South Carolina
  • Wildness on the Water, Wambaw Creek Wilderness - September 19, 2004
• South Dakota
  • Walk for Wilderness - Rapid City - August 28, 2004
• Utah
  • Wild by Law Film Screening - June 22, 2004, 7-8:30pm
  • Perspectives on the Values of Wilderness - July 19, 2004, 7-8:30pm
  • Community Writing Center workshop - July 19, 2004, 6:00pm
  • Perspectives on the Value of Wilderness - August 10, 2004, 7-8:30pm
  • Reading by Salt Lake City naturalist, writer, and photographer Stephen Trimble - August 21, 2004, 7:00pm
  • Walk for Wilderness - Ogden - September 2004
  • Wilderness Walk and Work: National Public Lands Day Celebrating Wilderness - September 18, 2004, 9am-12pm
  • Walk and Work for Wilderness - Logan - September 18, 2004 9am-1pm
• Virginia
  • Voices of the Wilderness - August 4, 2004
  • Wilderness Legacy - August 21, 2004
  • An Enduring Resource - September 4, 2004
• Washington
  • Northwest Wilderness Conference - April 23, 24, 2004
  • Walk, Peddle and Paddle for Wilderness - Bellingham - October 2, 2004
• Wisconsin
  • Walk for Wilderness - Ashland - September 3, 2004, 12pm
  • The Life and Wilderness Philosophy of Sigurd Olson - September 16, 7pm
  • Arizona Wilderness Slideshow - September 12, 2004, 5:30pm
  • Forty Years and Forever-Wilderness Act Anniversary Exhibit - Begins September 17, 2004 (ends end of year)
  • Rainbow Lake Wilderness Hike - October 2, 2004, 9:30am-4pm
• Wyoming
  • Walk for Wilderness - Sheridan - July 3, 2004
  • Murie Center Symposium - August 13-16, 2004
  • Walk for Wilderness - Buffalo - August 28, 2004
  • Forest Legacy Center - September 3, 2004
  • Wilderness Events - Saratoga - September 3, 2004
  • The Wyoming Wilderness History Project