Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Date: Sat, Feb 27 - doors open at 6 pm; films start at 7 pm
Location: Smiley Building, 1309 Third, Durango, CO
Cost: $12
Tickets: Available at Maria's Bookshop and at the door

We are proud to, once again, host Patagonia's Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival.

Come early (6 pm) for a reception to visit with your neighbors and enjoy some of the food, beer, and wine that will be available for sale. All proceeds from the event benefit Great Old Broads for Wilderness. Toss your tickets into the bucket (with your contact information included on the back) for a chance to win some great door prizes. Go to www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org to see what it's all about.

Broadband Leader Boot Camp II
Dates: March 25-29, 2010
Location: Pack Creek Ranch, Moab, Utah
Are you interested in having a Broadband in your area? Broadbands (our version of chapters) are groups of Broads members who seek connection with other like-minded souls for the purposes of advocating for wilderness and wild lands, sharing information, volunteering, and simply having fun with activities such as hiking or snowshoeing.

There are currently 24 Broadbands in states from Connecticut to Washington and from Idaho to New Mexico. Go to http://www.greatoldbroads.org/local_broads.htm  for Broadband locations. These groups are led by volunteer Broadband leaders, many of whom attended our inaugural Boot Camp last year. Boot Camp II will be offered in late March to train 15 additional volunteer leaders from across the country to organize local Broads and to advocate for wilderness and wild lands.

Interested members may nominate themselves for Boot Camp II by submitting an application at www.greatoldbroads.org/bootcampap.pdf.

Participants will be selected based on the following criteria:
1) How well the candidate embodies “Broadness” and a wilderness protection ethic;
2) Availability for the required Boot Camp II training time commitment;
3) Availability and willingness to make a 2-year commitment to getting a group “off the ground”;
4) Demonstrated ability to work successfully with various individuals and organizations;
5) Unique strengths and experience the candidate can bring to the table, contributing to the success of her Broadband.

Questions? Contact Rose Chilcoat at 970-385-9577 or rose@greatoldbroads.org

North San Diego County Broadwalk
Dates: May 20-24, 2010
Location: TBD
Cost: TBD
Broads will join the Friends of the River in supporting Rep. Issa's bill to protect as wilderness more than 21,000 acres of Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia in north San Diego County.

This – said Ryan Henson of the California Wilderness Coalition – is where Anza Borrego transitions to Beauty Mountain and its coastal sage coverings. It is home to scrub oaks right next to cactuses. Aqua Tibia is even more diverse, with oaks, chapparal and conifer forests of fir and pine. It is an evolutionary hot spot that has attracted a San Diego State University research facility. These 21,000 acres are home to burrowing owls, California gnatcatchers, golden eagles, prairie falcons, an unusual variety of rattlesnake – the northern red diamond – deer, mountain lions and bobcats. Beyond flora and fauna, this land holds the rock formations that are markers of geologic time.

Beauty Mountain photo courtesy of Friends of the River.

Though the details are still being negotiated, this will be a classic Broadwalk with camping, hikes, service projects, informational presentations, and lots of Broad socializing.

We'll post more details as they become available. Go to the FOR North San Diego Wild Heritage Campaign page for details about the bill.

To sign up for the Broadwalk, contact Rose at rose@greatoldbroads.org or 970-385-9577.

San Juan River Float FUNdraiser
Dates: June 15-19, 2010
Location: Bluff, Utah to Clay Hills Crossing
Cost: $1,212 pp (Wild Rivers Expeditions will once again donate a considerable portion of the proceeds of this float trip to Great Old Broads for Wilderness).

The incredibly beautiful red rock canyons of the San Juan River provide the setting for this 58 mile wilderness float from Mexican Hat to Clay Hills Crossing. Wild Rivers’ experienced guides will interpret the river’s exquisite Ancestral Puebloan culture and textbook geology while providing a quality, fun, experience of a lifetime. Trip orientation is the evening of June 14 at Wild Rivers in Bluff, Utah. Launch is June 15 and you will be returned to Bluff late afternoon on June 19. Overnight lodging June 14 is not included in the trip price. Space is limited so reserve your spot now by contacting Wild Rivers Expeditions at 800-422-7654. More information is at www.riversandruins.com.

Gates of Lodore FUNdraiser River Trip
Dates: Jun 26-29, 2010
Location: Starts at the Gates of Lodore, Lodore Canyon on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
Cost: $845 per person

Holiday Expeditions is donating a portion of the proceeds of this amazing raft trip down the Green to Great Old Broads for Wilderness.

Photo courtesy of Holiday Expeditions.

Your 44-mile trip starts at the "Gates of Lodore" where two 800-foot buttresses mark the beginning of a series of canyons. You will see vermillion cliffs cut from Precambrian bedrock in Lodore canyon, then leapfrog through time as you cross a geologic fault in Echo Park, and see rock reflect the colors of a rainbow on your last day at the entrance to Split Mountain Gorge.

Click here for a video of a recent Holiday Expeditions Lodore Canyon Raft Trip.

And here for more details about the trip.

To sign up for this Broad FUNdraiser or if you have questions, contact Holiday Expeditions at 1-800-624-6323.

National Public Lands Day Service Projects
Date: Sat, Sept 25, 2009
Locations: Various locations across the US through local Broadbands and in southern Utah's San Juan County.

National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. National Public Lands Day began in 1994 with three federal agencies and 700 volunteers. On September 26, 2009, 150,000 volunteers worked at over 2,000 locations and in every state and in many U.S. territories. They built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants and planted millions of trees. National Public Lands Day keeps the promise of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the “tree army” that worked from 1933-42 to preserve and protect America’s natural heritage.

Great Old Broads for Wilderness will be on the ground in various locales. See if your local Broadband has a project underway...or help them get one going.

If Utah is on your radar this fall, Great Old Broads for Wilderness will again work in southern Utah on National Public Lands Day, Saturday, September 25. This year's project is yet to be determined. Make your plans now to join us for a day of work and a day of fun exploring in the Comb Ridge/Cedar Mesa area of SE Utah.

To register for the Utah project, contact rose@greatoldbroads.org or call 970-385-9577.

Tennesee Broadwalk
Dates: Sept 30-Oct 4 (subject to change)
Location: TBD
Cost: TBD
Broads is teaming with the Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition to offer a Broadwalk in Tennesee in an area that is prepped for wilderness legislation.

Details are in the works. Again, this will be a classic Broadwalk. We'll update this page as the event is finalized.

To sign up for the Broadwalk, contact Rose at rose@greatoldbroads.org or 970-385-9577.

Wild for Wilderness On-line Auction
Dates: Oct 25-Nov14, 2010
Just in time for your holiday shopping or a bit of self-indulgence, Great Old Broads for Wilderness is hosting our fifth annual Wild for Wilderness On-line Auction fundraiser. Here's your chance to make shopping both easy and meaningful, because 100% of the auction monies raised will be used to support Great Old Broads' important wilderness advocacy work. 

To donate an item, click here.

Browse the listings and bid on your favorites by going to http://auction.greatoldbroads.org/