Chris Bolgiano Speaks at National Wilderness Conference

Chris Bolgiano speaking at the National Wilderness Conference about welcoming wilderness in her back yard. Photo by Ralph Bolgiano

Chris Bolgiano, VWC Board member and writer on Southern Appalachian forestry and wildlife, presented the dark side of Appalachian history and the subsequent need for Wilderness at the National Wilderness Conference in Albuquerque, NM on Oct. 16, 2014.  A week earlier, she had backpacked into the Gila Wilderness, America's first Wilderness Area, protected by Aldo Leopold in 1924.  She considers that her best career move to date. Chris' presentation was "Developing a Southern Appalachian WWIMBY* Response:  Welcoming Wilderness in My Back Yard". 

Read Chris' summary of the National Wilderness Conference.

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