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50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act Toolbox

The 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act Toolbox is a 'work in progress' and new materials and resources will be added as the 50th anniversary approaches. This toolbox contains information and educational resources for planning local or regional events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act in 2014. If you have materials to suggest for inclusion in the toolbox, please contact Lisa Eidson at lisa@wilderness.net. Date of last update: 12/27/12.

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General Information

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Events and Event Ideas

50th Anniversary National Wilderness Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 15-19, 2014
1. Location Selection Letter
Wilderness Ranger Cookbook
In 1990, the Forest Service produced the first-ever Wilderness Ranger Cookbook. For the 50th anniversary, the cookbook will be redone and expanded to include recipes from all four wilderness management agencies, from any wilderness ranger, wilderness volunteer or resource specialist who works in congressionally designated wilderness.
1. Submission Criteria
2. Breakfast Recipe Example
3. Dinner Recipe Example
4. Dessert Recipe Example
Planning Ideas and Materials
1. Idea Mill
  Idea MillThis User Voice site is a place where anyone can suggest and vote on ideas for how to celebrate the 50th anniversary. Use this site as an idea generator for your event, or share your celebration ideas with others.
2. Banner
  Produced by the Forest Service Region 8, these banners are being used at many events.
3. Community Wilderness Quilt or Flag
  1. General Information and Description
    Working with schools, school classes, church or bible study groups, scouts or other youth groups is a great and creative way to honor a local wilderness area, particularly if you live near one of the 50-year-old wilderness areas designated by the 1964 Wilderness Act. The quilt, or flag, is essentially a large-scale map of the wilderness (complete with forests, lakes, trails, topo lines and/or other details) that is cut into squares, which are decorated, adorned, sketched, and/or painted by classes or groups in the community. The individual squares are pieced back together for display, showing both the whole wilderness and the individual creativity of the square artists.
  2. Instructions
    Use these step-by-step instruction, complete with pictures, to lay out your quilt or flag.
4. Essay Contest
5. First Aid Kit
  Forest Service Rangers are required to carry first aid supplied. These first aid kits include not only the agency shield, but information about the 50th anniversary.
6. Museum/Airport/Visitor Center Exhibit
  1. Request Template
    Museums, airports, and visitor centers are high-traffic areas that can be used to present educational exhibites about wilderness. Use this request template to approach area museums, airports, or visitor centers about securing exhibit space in 2014 (do this early, even if you do not have a clear idea yet of what the display will contain).
7. PowerPoints
8. Walk For Wilderness
  1. Planning Guide
    During the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, the most popular and prevalently held event was the "Wilderness Walk." Use this emailable/printable planning guide to host a wilderness walk in your community. The guide provides valuable advice on everything from selecting a site to engaging partners in an easy-to-read format.
9. Water Bottle
  A limited number of Kleen Kanteen water bottles were produced by the Bureau of Land Management in California. The BLM logo appears on the back.
Educational Products
Purchase stickers, bookmarks, lanyards, hand sanitizer, backpack towels, bandanas, rite-in-the-rain notebooks and other educational products online.

Social Media

50th Anniversary Facebook Page
50th Anniversary Flickr Group
Post your event photos, or have your attendees post their event photos.
YouTube Videos