Virginia Out of doors Girls Program is Coming Quickly
The Virginia Division of Wildlife Assets (DWR) is launching a brand new out of doors program for girls. The Virginia Out of doors Girls (VOW) program will provide talent growth to girls of all ages specializing in looking, fishing, and varied out of doors expertise. There’s additionally alternative for contributors to earn certifications and work in direction of changing into instructors for this system.
This system kicks off Saturday, February 8 in Stafford, Va.,with an introductory session that may embody raffles and giveaways. Friends will even have the chance to fulfill the assorted partnering teams who will likely be there to community and talk about out of doors recreation actions throughout Virginia.
For extra data go to Virginia DWR’s occasion web page.
REI Shuts Down Experiences Program, Ending Journey Programs and Journeys Throughout U.S.
Earlier month, REI introduced that after 40 years, the clothing store is ending its Experiences enterprise, eliminating over 400 jobs within the course of. The now-defunct program supplied a variety of outside excursions, starting from instructional and expertise constructing lessons to single and multi-day journey journeys. REI’s president and CEO, Eric Artz, printed a letter to the co-op’s staff explaining the choice.
“I need to acknowledge and lengthen my gratitude to the Experiences workforce for all they’ve performed and completed over the 40 years of its existence.” Artz wrote. “…you’ve gotten labored extraordinarily arduous, you’ve gotten brilliantly educated and created great experiences for almost a million folks over these years…you’ve gotten performed nothing mistaken relating to the selection I’m sharing right now.”
Artz additionally wrote that the choice was as a result of tens of millions of {dollars} this system was shedding and that REI had explored many enterprise fashions in hopes of retaining it working whereas additionally preserving jobs.
In different firm information, Artz introduced this week that he’s resigning on the finish of March.
Hiker Rescued From Sinking Mud in West Virginia
Final month, a lone hiker trekking close to West Virginia’s Summersville Lake required an advanced rescue after changing into caught in waist-deep mud. The hiker was trying to cross the lake, which has decrease water ranges throughout winter, when he started sinking within the thick mud below the southern aspect of Hughes Bridge.
The Summersville Hearth Division was dispatched for rescue and initially tried strolling out to the hiker, however discovered the situations too harmful. The Wilderness Hearth Division and the Fayette County vertical rescue workforce had been then known as in to descend a platform all the way down to the hiker and pull him as much as the bridge. The hiker was despatched to the hospital and was anticipated to make a full restoration.
Cowl Photograph: Outdated Rag Mountain path in Shenandoah Valley Nationwide Park in Virginia. Photograph By Bkamprath Courtesy of Getty Pictures.
