WHALES of Teton Valley • Entered by Liz McCane on May 30, 2024
Solitude Monitoring training
May 22, 2024
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 1 |
| Participants | 7 |
| Total Hours | 7 |
Key Issue: Wilderness & Monument Designation/Protection
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Wyoming Wilderness Assn; Bridger-Teton NF, Caribou-Targhee NF
Short Description of Activity
WWA organizes Solitude Monitoring volunteer efforts in these two forests. They provide several training hikes each season, but this was their first virtual training. They discuss the regulations that require wilderness areas to be regularly monitored, and explained the process and the trails that will be monitored this year
Reflection/Evaluation
I was pleased to see seven WHALES on the call, which is a significant expansion to our corps of solitude monitors.