Organizations Filed Purposes:
The National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance supports wilderness stewardship organizations and their volunteers that work in the National Wilderness Preservation System. We provide website resources, trainings, webinars, newsletters, produce the National Wilderness Workshop each year, and provide funding for wilderness stewardship organizations through a challenge costs share with the US Forest Service for volunteer stewardship work on the National Forests.
Support of wilderness stewardship organizations. Produce website materials, webinars, newsletters, the National Wilderness Workshop, and provide funding programs for trails and wilderness stewardship activities on the National Forests.
NWSA supports wilderness stewardship groups across the country offering funding opportunities and on the ground mentoring and instruction for developing partnerships and working with land management agencies. WE have a challenge cost share program with the US Forest Service that enables stewardship organizations to increase their capacity for doing volunteer assistance projects on the National Forests.
NWSA co-hosts the annual National Wilderness Workshop, a national gathering of conservation staff, volunteers, stewardship groups, land management agency staff, and academics to bring the wilderness stewardship community together to share ideas, learn from experts and each other, and develop solutions on issues affecting wilderness management and stewardship. 2020 was an off year due to Covid.
NWSA offers many on-line and digital resources, including toolkits for grant writing, how to start a successful stewardship organization and information on current events and actions affecting wilderness stewardship. NWSA sends out email newsletters, and hosts monthly webinars to provide information and education for the wilderness stewardship community.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Randy Welsh | Executive Director | 10 | $19,800 |
| Chelsea Phillippe | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Ann Baker-Easley | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| David Kallenbach | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Zach Bumgarner | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Ian Nelson | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Randy Rasmussen | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| David Cantrell | Board Member - Programs | 2 | $0 |
| Sandy Compton | Board Member - Communications | 2 | $0 |
| Michael Splain | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Anne Sentz | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Katie Currier | Vice Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Andrew Downs | Board Chair | 2 | $0 |
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