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Initial PWV videos produced and submitted to National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance as part of grant proposal commitment to NWSA. To view videos click on titles:
Completing videos appears to be a never ending process. As the Team refines the videos, the above links will be updated.
Pictured in photo is the Photo/Video Team at the PWV October 2018 Year End Event.
It was like Christmas in May. Thanks to an $9,500 grant from NWSA we had boxes to open, cameras to charge up and microphones to plug in. Members of the Photo Video Committee helped launch the effort to create videos at a box opening party for video equipment ordered for the grant.
We didn't know at that time that the party's euphoria would transform itself into frustration and criticism by ourselves and others as we learned what it takes to make good videos.
We learned by making mistakes. Like the time we traveled to Jack's Gulch only to discover that our memory cards were not in the cameras or discovering that a sound track was not recorded because a switch was in the wrong position on the camera.
Frustration was ever-present during the editing process when our computers shut down for no apparent reason, or the program froze up at a critical editing point. We are still learning.
We enjoyed the interaction with volunteers and the public as we recruited them along a trail for an interview. We look forward to creating more videos and hope we can meet you on the trail.
If you are interested in becoming involved with the Photo Video Committee let us know.
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Songscape is an ongong collaboration between the USFS and various musicians. This year, the project featured the Roosevelt National Forest and the local musical group The Burroughs. During the project, PWV was asked to participate by conducting a patrol with band members. The music video was released in conjunction with National Public Lands Day, and includes the song Step Into the Music composed for this project as well as beautiful videography of the forest. You can click HERE to see this YouTube video celebrating public lands.
Songscape’s wish is "to make sure the Roosevelt National Forest belongs to the people forever!" Click HERE to see Songcscape: Roosevelt National Forest website.
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Since 2012 PWV has assisted the Canyon Lakes Ranger District in restoring its trails after they were damaged first by the High Park fire and then the flood of 2013. During the flood and fire seven of the District trails were seriously damaged. Three of these trails were closed to the public for two years or more. The North Fork trail, near Glen Haven, was rebuilt by PWV and Forest Service personnel over a two-year period and is now open to the public. During the trail restoration period 1.5 miles of new trail was built and another 3/4 mile was repaired. A puncheon, a log stringer bridge and a large plank bridge were built. Over 5,000 volunteer hours were spent to restore this trail. The Lion Gulch Trail has also been extensively worked on in the past three years. It is now completed and was opened to the public this past year. This trail has one new bridge and over a mile of new trail with another mile repaired.