Wild Alabama
Learn about the advocacy and activities of Wild South on Alabama’s National Forests!
Kim Waites
Meet Kim Waites, Programs Manager at Wild South. She spends most of her time in, on, and around the Bankhead National Forest in northern Alabama, hiking, exploring, and spreading her passion for our Wilderness!
Estrella Mountain Regional Park
Estrella Mountain Regional Park, in the southwest corner of the Phoenix metropolitan area, offers an amazing variety of activities. You can go on a guided horseback adventure, play a round of golf, fish the Gila River, escape into the backcountry, and more in the park’s almost 20,000 acres.
White Tank Mountain Regional Park
White Tank Mountain Regional Park, at the west end of the Salt River Valley & Phoenix metropolitan area, offers an amazing variety of activities. From learning about First Nations history with a walk through ‘Petroglyph Plaza’ to exploring the backcountry in this mostly wild park, there is a world of opportunities to be had in this +25,000 acre setting.
Phoenix Sonoran Preserve
The Phoenix Sonoran Preserve is not your typical city park. Comprising more than 9,600 acres, this desert gem and its 36+ miles of trail offers the sense of being completely away from it all!
Michelle ‘SuperClassy’ Markel
Meet Support Public Lands Founder, native Californian, and perennial nemophilist Michelle ‘SuperClassy’ Markel! When she is not on a long trail, she can typically be found exploring and van-dwelling somewhere on our 850 million acres of public lands.