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Kevin Cannon’s Celebratory Roast
Thursday, January 23, 2020, 6-8:30 p.m., The Drake Center
On Thursday, January 23rd, 2020, 160 USFS personnel, PWV members, friends and family gathered at the Drake Center in Fort Collins to celebrate, honor and roast Kevin Cannon on his retirement after 18 years with the USFS Canyon Lakes Ranger District (CLRD). During these 18 years, Kevin also served as liaison to the Poudre Wilderness Volunteers (PWV).
After many yummy appetizers brought by guests and a dinner of pulled pork, baked beans, salad and rolls, the USFS guests provided a wonderful and well-decorated cake in Kevin’s honor. During the roast, Kevin received some great and fun gifts including a beautiful framed picture (USFS) and a book of pictures spanning Kevin’s career (PWV).
Read more: Kevin Cannon's USFS Retirement Celebration Jan. 23, 2020
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PWV recruits, trains, equips, and fields citizen volunteers to serve as wilderness rangers and hosts for the purpose of educating the public, and provides other appropriate support to these wild areas.
PWV has grown substantially and diversified since its founding and is considered to be one of the largest, most effective organizations of its kind in the nation. As population growth along the Front Range results in more backcountry use by the public, PWV needs to keep pace by recruiting and training new volunteers each year to ensure adequate coverage of the District’s many popular trails throughout the summer.
PWV invites you to join our team as a wilderness ranger. Download the 2018 Fact Sheet for more information about what we do to protect our national forests.
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Tom Adams PWV Chair 2018 - 2019
Our 2019 season saw significant changes and exciting new programs and events. We graduated forty-three new members into PWV at our new Spring Training facility, the Buckhorn Camp. For those of us who are getting a bit older and/or softer, the camp provides two lodges, cabins, dorms and indoor restrooms with showers.
We almost finished work on the Young Gulch trail which was seriously damaged by the flood in 2013. Hopefully the trail will be once again open to the public by the end of this year.
Among other accomplishments, a new stock committee was created, the weed management program was renewed, with the “Weed Wednesdays” initiative being implemented. The Kids in Nature program was expanded to include twenty hikes, more than ever before, and some in-classroom sessions. Several PWV policies were updated.
We also took a leadership role in co-sponsoring the first Central Rockies Wilderness Volunteer Workshop, which had 90 participants from 8 states. Many thanks to the PWV members who were instrumental in making the workshop a huge success.
New requirements for member recertification were implemented, requiring recertification every 7 years, rather than every 5. Kick Off Night was reorganized and Kick Off Morning was implemented, enabling recertification to be completed in just one day.
Our members were kept engaged with Affiliation gatherings, summer social events, a holiday party, and a Gear Fest and Gear Give-Away. Our menu of supplemental training opportunities was also expanded. Many of our committees did an outstanding job, some coming up with new and exciting events, and in several cases, recruiting energetic new members.
Read more: PWV's Most Recent Past Chair Looking Back At 2019