updated Wed. October 5, 2022
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The Mountaineer
March 20, 2018
“We have been reaching out to students with disabilities through Camp Ability, Spanish speaking youth through La Aventura, kids who excel as leaders through WILD (Wilderness Instruction for Leadership Development) and as always to young people who can't afford camp.” OMC will offer scholarships onÃâà...
Business Standard
February 18, 2018
Yet it may be that the jungle in our living rooms only gives us a false impression of nature as an abundant resource, and deepens our environmental ignorance. We have come a long way from Disney's 1958 Wild Wilderness documentary, where filmmakers drove scores of lemmings off a cliff to prove theÃâà...
High Country News
November 13, 2017
ER: Even though where we lived was so far removed from society — it was so far away, and very difficult to access, and very wild — wilderness for us was not untouched by people. Previous occupants of the land were always with us in the form of old garbage or treasures, some from a decade ago, someÃâà...
Durham Herald Sun
October 23, 2017
A Duke University annual program for incoming freshmen was suspended this fall after 23 participants were cited for public nudity in 2016. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said Project WILD (Wilderness Initiatives for Learning at Duke) was suspended only on a temporary basis and will beÃâà...
Helena Independent Record
June 8, 2017
Imagine hiking with your family on a trail in the Rattlesnake Wilderness just outside Missoula, or on a wilderness trail in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Suddenly your peace and quiet and the natural pace of a hike in the woods are shattered by a mountain bike screaming down the trail, narrowing missingÃâà...
Fresno Bee (blog)
May 15, 2017
The STC arguments also evince an incredibly narrow and selfish view of wilderness as just a recreation “pie” to be divided up among competing recreation user groups, with seemingly no regard for wildness, wildlife habitat, solitude or future generations' desires for truly wild wilderness. For over a halfÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 19, 2017
1998: Wild Wilderness pays an $8,000 fine to settle U.S. Department of Agriculture accusations of violations ranging from poor record-keeping to unsanitary conditions and improper pens, all of which occurred in 1993 and 1994. 2002: Freddy Wilmoth, who at the time was the safari's manager, pleads guiltyÃâà...
THV11.com
March 16, 2017
GENTRY, Ark. (KTHV) – The Wild Wilderness Drive Through Safari in Gentry is under investigation after a federal agency filed a complaint alleging the business neglected to properly care for the animals, resulting in the death of one of their lions. CBS affiliate 5NEWS reports that the Animal and PlantÃâà...
Arkansas Times (blog)
March 14, 2017
An animal welfare group today distributed news of a USDA complaint against Wild Wilderness, a wildlife display in Gentry, for mistreatment of animals. ... This most recent complaint, which alleges that Wild Wilderness has “willfully violated” the AWA, describes a multitude of extremely disturbing incidentsÃâà...
5newsonline.com
March 14, 2017
GENTRY (KFSM) -- The Wild Wilderness Drive Through Safari in Gentry is under investigation after a federal agency filed a complaint alleging the business neglected to properly care for the animals, resulting in the death of one of their lions. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a division of theÃâà...
