5 All participants should be prepared to walk several miles on hiking trips and be required to sign a release - call trip leader for details. Bringing your pet is at the discretion of the Trip Leader and their wishes must be followed so as not to put other hikers at risk.

1.Saturday, June 1
- Fortification Creek/Powder River Breaks WSA, BLM near Arvada in N.E. Wyoming
The Bureau of Land Management will lead an exhilarating day hike with car shuttle, and carpooling in high clearance vehicles. Explore this seldom-visited prairie ecosystem, home to rare herd of prairie elk and other wildlife. This area is at risk to coalbed methane development. This pristine Powder River bluff country needs your support. The Citizen's BLM Wilderness Proposal recommends 24,000 acres for protection. Contact Trip Leader: Larry Girard of BLM, 684-1100 or Email: larry_girard@blm.gov

2. Saturday through Tuesday, June 8-11
- Red Desert Goat packing Trip, BLM, north of Rock Springs
Trek through the majestic Red Desert. This four-day trip in the Honeycomb Buttes Wilderness Study Area offers breathtaking scenery, remoteness and abundant wildlife. Join Wind River Pack Goats owner Charlie Wilson, and Mac Blewer of Wyoming Outdoor Council for a trip into the wild heart of the west. The cost for this fully catered trip is $560 per person, reservations necessary. Trip is sponsored by Wyoming Outdoor Council, Sierra Club, and Wind River Pack Goats. Leader: Mac Blewer, 332-7031 or Email: mac@wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org

3. Sunday, June 9
- Walker Prairie Roadless Area Pack-Goat Picnic & Day Hike, Bighorn NF near Sheridan
Walker Prairie is the cleft between Paleozoic limestones and sandstones and the Precambrian granite that formed the Big Horn range. The prairie is an open, alpine meadow bounded by conifer forest on both sides, featuring aspen groves, wildflowers and ancient Native American campsites. We will meet on top and walk in. moderately strenuous. Bring your sack lunch, water, hiking boots and rain gear. Goats will carry lunches! Limited to 12 people. Trip is hosted by Andy, Marie and Elise Lowe. Contact Marie Lowe, 674-5722 or Email marie@eracrc.com.

4. Saturday, June 15
- Vedauwoo Day hike (camp over optional) Medicine Bow NF, between Cheyenne and Laramie on I-80
Take a hike through one of the most visited recreational areas - Vedauwoo -- in the Pole Mtn. Area Hike around Turtle Rock and the Nautilus area. See first hand the beauty and natural values that are nationally and internationally recognized, such as the remarkable geological formations of foliated granite. This area needs help to stop the heavy use of motorized vehicles currently threatening its beauty. Light hike and ATV damage tour, families welcome. Contact Trip Leader: Dave Waggoner @ 1-800-776-9185 or Email CCHALIENS@aol.com

5. Saturday, June 22
- Sierra Madres in the western portion of the Medicine Bow National Forest in SE WY
Enjoy a fun-filled trek through Huston Park Wilderness Are in the Sierra Madre range. This moderate, 9-mile hike travels down much of the historical Continental Divide. Contact Dave Nelson @ 307-742-4166 or Email danelson@wyoming.com

6. Saturday, June 29
- Rock Creek Roadless Area, Bighorn NF near Buffalo
Hike with retired wildlife biologist, Roger Wilson, up the spectacular South Fork of Rock Creek Canyon up into this wild Bighorn roadless area. Renown area for its rock spires and formations, and important habitat for elk, deer and mountain lions, this area is a high priority for wilderness protection with its ecosystem stretching from the prairie to the peaks. Contact trip leader: Roger Wilson, 674-8027 or email: rwilson@wyoming.com

7. Saturday, June 29
- Coon Creek in the Medicine Bow National Forest S.W. of Laramie on the CO/WY border
Take a fun yet easy 10-mile trek through a rare old growth forest on the Sierra Madre Range. This beautiful area is currently being threatened by a proposed timber sale, and badly needs your support. Group will meet at 8a.m. at Forest Service parking lot at 2468 Jackson St. Contact Trip Leader: Eric Bonds @ 307-742-7978 or Email: ebonds@voiceforthewild.org

8. Saturday, July 6th
- North Fork Rock Creek in the Medicine Bow National Forest N.W. of Laramie
Take a hike up the North Fork of Rock Creek in the Medicine Bow Mountains. This is an easy mountain hike, approximately 8 miles long, and traveling mostly through open meadows. Here you'll get to visit beautiful sites such as Grassy Lake. The group for this hike will meet at the Forest Service parking lost at 8 a.m., located at 2468 Jackson St. Contact Dave Nelson @ 307-742-7978 or Email danelson@wyoming .com

9. Saturday, July 7th
- Green Mountain Day Hike and raptor tour- Jill and Lance Morrow
Come to Green Mountain to view the Red Desert and the Wind River Mountains in the distance. Hike among pine trees searching for raptor nests. View Wyoming's magnificent wildlife (antelope possibly deer, moose and elk plus bird watching for Mountain bluebirds, sage grouse, horned larks, raptors, Clark's nutcrackers, etc.), discover petrified wood in the desert and see for yourself the ecological effects of livestock production on Green Mountain Common Allotment. Contact Jill or Lance Morrow @ 307-544-9009 or Email jmorrow@trib.com

10. Saturday, July 13th
- Laramie Peak Roadless Area Eric Bonds
This trip will leads us through the old growth ponderosa pine forest of Ashenselder Basin, located in the shadow of Laramie Peak. A magnificent range isolated in a sea of grass in need of wilderness protection. Contact Eric Bonds @ 307-742-7978 or Email: ebonds@voiceforthewild.org

11. Saturday, July 27th
- Snowy Range Med Bow Erik Molvar
Participants will have the option of an easy 3 mile stroll one way across fairly level terrain. Or they may opt for a 10 and ½ mile loop across more challenging terrain with a loop around Brown's Peak and visiting the spectacular Gap Lakes. Contact Erik Molvar @ 307-742-7978 or Email: emolvar@voiceforthewild.org

12. Saturday & Sunday, August 3-4
- Lake Mountain, Bridger-Teton NF near Kemmerer in S.W. WY
Come backpack and camp in the Bridger Teton National Forest's southern portion of the Wyoming Range. Lake Mountain is a scenic masterpiece renowned for its large elk herd as well as many other wildlife species. Located in the Commissary Ridge Roadless area, Lake Mtn. is need of your support. Currently there is a proposal to construct a road into it. Contact trip leader: John Sherman, 734-1111 or Email jasherman@aol.com

13. Saturday, August 10
- Middle Fork of the Little Laramie River, Medicine Bow NF, west of Laramie
A moderate yet fun-filled day hike which is approximately 8 miles round trip into the Little Laramie/Middle Fork Roadless Area. The hike follows a long abandoned goldmine route on gently rolling terrain; late 1800's era mine works are at the end. Contact Trip Leader: Erik Molvar @ 307-742-7978 or Email: emolvar@voiceforthewild.org

14. Saturday & Sunday, August 10 & 11
- Wild River Clarks Fork Rendezvous, Shoshone NF near Cody
Meet up with the Wyoming Chapter to explore and restore the Clarks Fork River Canyon. This overnight Rendezvous will feature car camping, day hikes/tours, talks, and possible restoration of an area where the motorized groups have literally taken over our public lands in mouth of Wyoming's only designated Wild and Scenic River corridor. Hike into the Beartooth Plateau Roadless Area. Families encouraged to attend. Contact Rendezvous Organizer: Liz Howell, 672-0425 or email: liz.howell@sierraclub.org

15. Saturday, August 17
- Littlehorn Canyon, Bighorn NF near Sheridan
This day hike will include a tour of Leaky Mountain via Little Bighorn Trail. Approximately 14 miles round trip. Trail follows Little Bighorn River, beginning in a narrow canyon, proceeding through woods, meadows and rock outcrops, then opening up into a wide valley with limestone cliffs on both sides. Leaky Mountain has a spring, visible from the trail that in normal years generates a substantial tributary to the Little Bighorn. Contract Trip Leader: Ronn Smith, (307) 672-8443 home. (307) 674-7506 X20 work, or email: LRSmith@fiberpipe.net

16. Saturday, August 24
- Grizzly Bear Biology/Ecology Tour - North Fork, Shoshone NF, E. Entrance of YNP
Family outing in prime grizzly habitat. Ecologist Chuck Neal will lead us on a 3-4 mile hike in the Upper North Fork area and show us important plants and food sources for grizzlies. Learn about encounter techniques, bear ecology and protection plan for grizzlies. Contact Trip Leader: Chuck Neal, 527-7350 or email: ckrneal@180com.net

17. Saturday, Sept 7th
- Big and Little Sandstone Creek roadless areas, western portion of Medicine Bow NF
Enjoy an incredible day hike lasting approximately 3 miles. Here you'll get the opportunity to encounter spectacular scenery. This hike meanders through canyons and the breathtaking aspen woodlands. Contact Trip Leader: Jeremy Nichols @ 307-742-7978 or Email Jeremy@voiceforthewild.org