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Sign up TODAY to volunteer with the Indian Peaks Wilderness Alliance  --------------------  Everyone's contribution helps to preserve The Indian Peaks Wilderness! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Sign up On-line now!

Not only do we need to learn how to make time to smell the flowers, we must learn how to spend our working time on activities that heal, not harm Mother Earth.

Have you ever felt chagrined by the fact that we are consuming fossil fuel, one of the major contributors to the greenhouse effect, while we seek the tranquility of a pristine wilderness free from all mechanized vehicles?
Take this simple test and see what impact your lifestyle has on the planet.

Happy (and enduring) Trails!

To volunteer this summer, please call Jeff Charlebois at 
(303) 443-4543
OR sign up Online!

Share Your Experience!

Send us a story of an experience you had while hosting in the Indian Peaks and we will publish it in a future edition. Please submit your tale to the editor in "Plain text" or " MS Word" if possible.

More CAMP CHUCKLES

These are actual comments left on Provincial Park registration sheets and comment cards by backpackers completing wilderness camping trips:

• "A small deer came into my camp and stole my bag of pickles. Is there a way I can get reimbursed? Please call."
• "Escalators would help on steep uphill sections."
• "Instead of a permit system or regulations, the Forest Service needs to reduce worldwide population growth to limit the number of visitors to wilderness."
• "Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands."
• "Ban walking sticks in wilderness. Hikers that use walking sticks are more likely to chase animals."
• "All the mile markers are missing this year."
• "Found a smoldering cigarette left by a horse."
• "Trails need to be reconstructed. Please avoid building trails that go uphill."
• "Too many bugs and leeches and spiders and spider webs. Please spray the wilderness to rid the area of these pests."
• "Please pave the trails so they can be plowed of snow in the winter."
• "Chair lifts need to be in some places so that we can get to wonderful views without having to hike to them."
• "The coyotes made too much noise last night and kept me awake. Please eradicate these annoying animals."
• "Reflectors need to be placed on trees every 50 feet so people can hike at night with flashlights."
• "Need more signs to keep area pristine."
• "A McDonald's would be nice at the trail head."
• "The places where trails do not exist are not well marked."
• "Too many rocks in the mountains."

How Your
Donations Help!

• $10 Annual Membership
  
  
• $25 Supports a trail host
  
  
• $50 Provides a trail crew project.
  
  
• $100 Assists the Scholarship Fund
  
  
• $500 Corporate Sponsor 
  

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To make a donation, please print* this page, fill in your information and mail your tax deductible contribution to:

"Indian Peaks 
Wilderness Alliance"
P.O. Box 2214 
Boulder, CO 80306-2214 

Thank you for your generous support!

* Tip: (This works on most printers) To save printer ink, select just the text in the "Donation" area on this page, then in your "Print" Options choose "print selection". 

© April 2001, IPWA

Send any comments or suggestions to our Editor/Publisher: Gordy Blair

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