Crew worked to remove half-century old fencing and replace it with a system of buck n rail and wildlife friendly fencing that should allow for animals to cross the fence into the conservation easement easily. Continue reading
Category Archives: Events
National Trails Day 2017
Crew 1 & 4, June 3rd, 2017 – Pole Mountain (Medicine-Bow NF) – National Trails Day is an event hosted every year piloted by the American Hiking Society and powered by sponsors, partnerships, love, and muscle. National Trails Day (NTD) happen all over the U.S.A., including Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. This year, with major … Continue reading
2017 University of Wyoming Earth Day Glass Recycling
LARAMIE, April 22, 2017 – The University of Wyoming’s Earth Day was celebrated in the UW’s Student Union building due to an overnight blizzard that covered the town in a thick blanket of snow and freezing rain. While the rest of the student organizations moved inside as to properly display their projects and activities, the … Continue reading
Glass Recycling Collection
The 2017 WCC Crew leaders were in high spirits this past weekend. On February 25th and 26th the WCC hosted a glass recycling event in the Walmart parking lot in Laramie, Wyoming. These AmeriCorps members endured single digit temperatures and high winds in an effort to divert glass from winding up in the Laramie Landfill. … Continue reading
Glass Recycling Trailer
Hey All, Below is a link to our glass recycling campaign. Check out what we hope to do for our Laramie Valley Community. http://www.uwyo.edu/foundation/crowdfunding/?cfpage=project&project_id=13118 Continue reading
BIG EVENT, WCC, and Outdoor Program Work on Trails North of Vedauwoo
Medicine Bow National Forest, Laramie Ranger District Vedauwoo Area/Happy Jack area – October 1st, 2016 – Over one hundred volunteers showed up to rake people’s yards, work on painting, waste management, and…work on trails for this year’s BIG EVENT hosted by Student Affairs, Service Leadership Community Engagement (SLCE), and the Alumni Association. If you are … Continue reading
University R.A.s Plant Trees in Front of New High School
August 22nd, Laramie High School, Wyoming – On the last Monday before University of Wyoming classes begin, 80 Resident Assistants (R.A.s), the students responsible for dormitory halls, volunteered their time to plant 40-50 trees along Boulder Drive in front of the new Laramie High School building complex.The R.A.s planted various tree species and landscaping shrubs. … Continue reading
