Advd Outdoor Recreation Tech

Catalog description

This course provides a wilderness experience to utilize advanced outdoor recreation techniques during an intense time period (over Labor Day weekend or the equivalent). Techniques utilized include hiking, backpacking, canoeing or kayaking, low impact camping, and others. This wilderness encounter is at a remote location such as the Boundary Waters, Isle Royale, etc. The focus of this experience is to gain leadership skills to guide groups of citizens on basic outdoor recreation adventures to increase their appreciation of their environment such as is done by naturalists and conservation groups by following the 18 points set by the Wilderness Education Association and Leave No Trace Principles. This course can be repeated with different content for credit.