by Christine Chumbler – August 13, 2026
Summer Recap: Here’s what we’ve been up to!
Curious about what our crews have worked on this summer? Here's a recap.
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by Christine Chumbler – August 13, 2026
Summer Recap: Here’s what we’ve been up to!
Curious about what our crews have worked on this summer? Here's a recap.
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by Vincent DiFrancesco – August 05, 2026
$450 in Prizes for 2026 SMC Photo Contest, Submissions Open Now
Today, submissions open for the first inaugural Siskiyou Mountain Club Photo Contest, with $450 of total prize money for winners. The contest has three categories: Recreation, Landscape, and Flora and Fauna. Participants can submit one image to each category.
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by Vincent DiFrancesco – July 22, 2026
Volunteers Resupply Crew after Nine Days in the Wilderness
The Corps members were nine days into a 14-day hitch in the Bull of the Woods Wilderness, tackling heavy brush, hundreds of logs, and damaged tread on a loop of backpacking trails.
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by Vincent DiFrancesco – July 13, 2026
Wilderness Corps heads to the Marbles: "Everyone was in a groove"
On July 2, our Wilderness Conservation Corps returned from a work hitch to the Marble Mountain Wilderness Area. It was the third outing for our crew who had onboarded at the beginning of the month, and the very first for a new crew of interns who had just arrived.
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by Vincent DiFrancesco – June 24, 2026
SMC Wilderness Corps takes on the Siskiyou Wilderness Area
On June 13, our Wilderness Corps interns and staff embarked on an eight-day hitch to the Siskiyou Wilderness Area. The trip began with Siskiyou Mountain Club program managers Tiffani Ayres and Trevor Meyer at the helm. Starting on the East Fork Blue Creek Trail #4E09, the crew did some heavy brushing, spot treading, and some significant crosscut logout.
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by Christine Chumbler – June 18, 2026
What’s it really mean? Fifty years of ORV policy on public lands rescinded
Executive orders that have regulated off-road vehicle use on public lands for decades have been undone.
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