Walkin' Jim Stoltz: 1996 Pacific Crest Trail Fundraising Trek.

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	For the first time in his 23,000 mile walking career, Walkin' Jim completed a hike as a fund-raiser. From April to September 1996 he hiked 2,766 miles and collected $21,000 in pledges to support our country's wilderness heritage. Jim spent nearly six months trekking from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail which runs the length of California, Oregon, and Washington.
Jim stands on Olancha Peak looking North towards the Sierras and East toward the desert.

Each mile he walked directly benefited three groups which make a difference in protecting our nation's wild country and wild lives. Those who made pledges received a series of five updates from the trail during the course of the walk. Photos from the trek were published on a website for the pledge walk.

Jim has been very involved over the years in trying to protect our last wild places. Right now is a very dark time for anything to do with the environment. We can make a difference. Please support the following organizations and their important work. To learn more about them, click on the logos to visit their homepages.

Many of you who have seen my Forever Wild show have heard me
sing of the special canyon country of Utah.The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance is the leading organization fighting to keep these sacred lands (YOUR lands) in their pristine condition. There is no place on Earth like the canyon country. This one of a kind place is being severely threatened by hostile political action in our nation's Congress.

The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance is a non-profit, grassroots organization with nearly 20,000 members throughout the United States.
It fights to protect the outstanding publically-owned wildlands at the heart of the Colorado Plateau.
It supports administrative and legislative initiatives to permanently protect southern Utah wildlands within the National Wilderness Preservation System or by other protective designations.

The health of an ecosystem can often be determined by the prescence of
predators. The folks at Predator Conservation Alliance are very committed to protecting predatory species as an ecological rallying point for wildland preservation. They're striving to educate the public on the importance of predator-prey relationships, and have taken a leading position in the fight to dismantle the Animal Damage Control (ADC) program. The ADC spends millions of federal dollars each year to kill thousands of bears, lions, coyotes, etc., not because they pose any immediate threat, but rather just because they are predatory species.

Predator Project is a grassroots group dedicated to protecting imperiled and other predatory species and their habitats.
Motivated by the belief that predators are a strong ecological and emotional rallying point for ecosystem protection, they advocate for increased protection of prairie dog ecosystems and forest carnivors.
It supports the reform of the Federal Predator Control Program, as well as address the impacts of roads on wildlife.

The Northwest Ecosystem Alliance is making great strides in protecting various endangered species and our last stands of

ancient forest in the Pacific Northwest. Putting their money where their mouth is, they've bid on timber sales and won, and now must face legal action to be allowed to pay top dollar for public timber and allow it to remain standing. Many of these folks are trained biologists, standing up for the health of an entire bioregion.

The Northwest Ecosystem Alliance (NWEA) protects and restores wildlands in the Pacific Northwest.
Bridging science and advocacy, NWEA works to protect endangered species, such as grizzly bears, salmon, and lynx; conserve ancient forests and other public lands.
It advocates the creation of the Cascades International Park, which would span the Washington/British Columbia border.

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