Team Backcountry
What is a Friend of the Backcounty?
Dollars matter, but equally important we want to build a strong, engaged community … our Friends.
Education
Environmental education is the foundation of all Backcountry Wilderness Area programs. Inviting curious children, interested adults, and people who find themselves with varying degrees of knowledge on the environment and conservation is a key part of engaging people in the forever conservation of the Backcountry Wilderness Area and wild places like it.
Team Backcountry
- Jan 13
- 2 min
Beer for Bucks
How drinking local beer is benefitting the Backcountry Wilderness Area.
44 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Sep 3, 2021
- 3 min
Your Guide to Fall in the Backcountry
The colors are about to turn and the elk will start to bugle. Here's your guide to this cooler season in the Backcountry Wilderness Area.
152 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Aug 2, 2021
- 6 min
Growing Up at Camp Backcountry
After years of kids spending their summers at Camp Backcountry, our once little ones are now leading the packs.
235 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Mar 9, 2021
- 1 min
New Neighbor: Backcountry Bigfoot
We love finding out what our trailcams catch each week. But ... we never thought we'd find a friend.
96 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
Found: Backcountry Hearts
One Backcountry Wilderness Area hiker finds love in nature.
125 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Feb 6, 2021
- 2 min
Program Spotlight: Private Horseback Riding Lessons
Spend quality one-on-one time with a horse and instructor at the Backcountry Horse Corrals.
53 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Feb 5, 2021
- 6 min
Meet Our Crew: Mark Giebel
We caught up with Mark to find out why conserving this piece of habitat is important and why he’ll continue to advocate for it to stay wild.
407 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Jan 29, 2021
- 3 min
Trail Traffic: 2020 in Review
In a year when the safest place to be was outside, we review the last 12 months on the Backcountry Wilderness Area trail systems.
260 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Jan 20, 2021
- 1 min
Backcountry Outdoorcast
Check-in here for an always updated look at programs, events, and camps in the Backcountry Wilderness Area.
302 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Jan 20, 2021
- 3 min
Back to Basics: Fort Building
Fort Building is the gold standard outside activity our kids need right now.
73 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Jan 7, 2021
- 5 min
Meet Our Crew: AnnaKate Hein
From visiting the bottom of the Earth to building Camp Backcountry from the ground up, meet our programs supervisor, AnnaKate Hein.
143 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Jan 6, 2021
- 4 min
Choose Your Adventure: January 2021
Don't let the cold weather season keep you from getting outside in January 2021!
60 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
One Thing is a'Changing
Horse Camp at Camp Backcountry is making one big change for Summer 2021.
75 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
Next Level Tree Trimmings
Five Earth-friendly things to do with your leftover tree trimmings.
25 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Program Spotlight: Thanksgiving Break Camp
Give thanks for kids exploring the outside world during Thanksgiving week.
34 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Nov 11, 2020
- 4 min
Finding The Way: Orienteering Course
A local Boy Scout turned learning a crucial outdoor skill into an 18-point orienteering course for the Backcountry Wilderness Area.
137 views1 comment
Team Backcountry
- Nov 6, 2020
- 5 min
Back the Backcountry: Impacts
As the Backcountry Conservation & Education Fund gets ready to turn five years old at the end of the year, we want to share what we're...
51 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Oct 27, 2020
- 2 min
Halloween Project: The Flying Broomstick
Build a broomstick to get the whole family in the Halloween spirit.
34 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
In the Saddle: English vs Western
Before you get on a horse, you have to choose a saddle and a way to ride.
245 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- May 18, 2020
- 3 min
Stay Healthy, Stay Wild
The Backcountry Wilderness Area programs can be a refuge in these uncertain times.
63 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Meet the Backcountry Horses & Ponies
We have seven rideable equines call the Backcountry Wilderness Area home. Here's a little bit about each one.
60 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Apr 23, 2020
- 4 min
Love Your Mother Earth: Swaps
If you are looking for easy ways to reduce your impact on the Earth, here are six easy swaps to make a big difference!
38 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Apr 21, 2020
- 5 min
Camp Backcountry: A Letter from the Director
We can't wait to get back to Base Camp for summer at Camp Backcountry. Here's a fluid plan as to how that might happen.
55 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
Love Your Mother Earth: Composting
Composting earns double points: Less in the landfill and a healthier home garden!
56 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
Spring Project: Egg-Carton Caterpillar Garden
Let your little explorers start their spring garden during Earth Week!
30 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
Trail Traffic: A Report & A Request
We checked the trail counters during the first part of the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home order, and they've been working overtime.
1,094 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
Campfire Cooking: Backcountry Pad Thai
Break out of your camping food routine with this simple Pad Thai recipe.
228 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
What's that Gobble?
The wild turkeys are back in the Backcountry Wilderness Area and they're looking for love.
58 views0 comments
Team Backcountry
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
Nature Chat: Backcountry Goats
Watch this Nature Chat with Carly Steiger, the Backcountry Equine Coordinator, for a look around the goat pen and to meet our goats.
24 views0 comments