Artists:Walkin' Jim Stoltz

Jim Stoltz is known to most folks as "Walkin' Jim". The name stems from over 26,000 miles of wilderness travel on annual months-long backcountry treks through America's last wild places. His music, recorded on 9 different releases, stems from this extensive wilderness experience. His book, Walking With the Wild Wind, also shares the life of the long-distance wilderness wanderer.

When he's not out walking, Jim travels the country with a multi-media show, "Forever Wild", combining his photography, poetry, stories and live music. The show celebrates America’s wild lands, wild waters, and wild lives. It inspires and motivates his audiences to help preserve our last wild places. Jim has received an "Outstanding Achievement Award" from the EPA for "sharing nature and wilderness with others across America through your extraordinary words, images, and music." Back in 1998 Jim co-founded a non-profit organization for environmentally concerned musicians with Craig Wagner. Musicians United to Sustain the Environment has produced three different compilation cd's and given thousands of dollars of grants to help grassroots environmental projects.

In 2006 Jim toured in 49 states doing free concerts, working with hundreds of environmental organizations, performing with dozens of other musicians and authors, all to gain support for clean water, roadless area protection, and endangered species. The show inspired over 20,000 actions on behalf of the environment. read more