Wild Alabama

This week Clint and I sat down With Wayne Bailey and Kim Waites. Kim is a Leave No Trace Master Educator, a Wilderness First Responder and has completed courses in the Leopold Land Ethic and earned a certificate in Wilderness Stewardship through the University of Montana’s distance learning program. She currently serves as the Wilderness Stewardship Coordinator for Wild Alabama, formerly Wild South and has held this position for seven years.

After Wayne retired from school teaching in 2004, a hiking trip planned for 200-300 miles in 2007 turned into a thru hike of the AT in 2007 completed October 5. This led to a thru hike of the PCT in 2009 and the CDT in 2010.

Since 2012 he has remained an active volunteer wilderness ranger for the US Forest Service through training provided by Wild South (now Wild Alabama). He was named volunteer of the year in 2015 for Wild South. They have over 30 rangers and their patrols range from 3-18 miles.

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