Wolverine Guardian Lorin Paley

At the end of this summer, I had the amazing experience of showing my second home, Hanover, NH to Wolverine as part of their Guardian Project. I was really excited to show them my favorite trails and hangouts near school, but I needed to think about the ‘guardian’ part of myself. According to the Wolverine Guardian site, guardians are shepherds and stewards, creating, maintaining, repairing, educating, and guiding so that others can continue to explore and enjoy.

I have never considered what I do as guardianing, but just trying to get more people outdoors having fun. My feelings toward bringing new people into the outdoors is that if we cut a 2’ wide trail through the forest and get people on it, those people will want to protect the scenery surrounding the trail.

And the best part? Enjoying the outdoors is a damn fun time.

Check out the amazing video that they made.