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The Waterman Fund’s Annual Dinner November 8, 2025 | Registration Open Lake Morey Resort 82 Clubhouse Road Fairlee, VT 05045 The Waterman Fund invites our partners and patrons to a plated dinner on November 8, 2025 to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of our continued collective work in the stewardship and preservation of wild spaces in…

Meet Shane Behler and Anderson Smith— Award Recipients of the 2025 Waterman Fund Essay Contest The Waterman Fund is proud to announce the winners of our sixteenth essay contest. We welcomed nearly 70 essays of which thirteen made the final round. The committee is composed of current and former board members, outside readers, and the…

Allow me to take a moment to introduce myself: as of 2025, I have begun to serve the Fund as board president. I am truly humbled by this opportunity, and would probably admit to being a bit more nervous at the important work ahead, though our organization has a tight group of wonderful individuals who care deeply about our mission. I turn to them for support as we continue to foster the spirit of wildness in the high mountains and beyond.

2025 Waterman Fund Essay Contest for Emerging Writers: The submission window has been extended until March 10, 2025. Since 2008, Appalachia, the mountaineering and conservation journal published by the Appalachian Mountain Club, and the Waterman Fund have joined to sponsor an annual essay contest for emerging writers. Writers who have not published a major work…