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Wilderness therapy clients try to start fire with Indian bow drill technique. Many programs in the western United States started operating in the 1970s. Some were started by former students of Brigham Young University such program as the Aspen Achievement Academy [8] and the School for Urban and Wilderness Survival which is located in the state ...
Farm & Wilderness, also known as F&W, is a system of 5 ACA-accredited Quaker-inspired summer camps for kids and summer programs for teens rooted in social justice, environmental sustainability, homegrown fun, and wilderness adventure situated in and around Plymouth, Vermont.
Aspen Achievement Academy has been a subject of several media reports and works of popular culture: The 1999 book Shouting at the Sky: Troubled Teens and the Promise of the Wild by Gary Ferguson, ISBN 0-312-20008-0 recounts the author's experiences and observations during several months he spent in the wilderness with teens at Aspen Achievement Academy.
Finn McIntosh swings a mallet at a log for bashing, part of bark tanning, at White Pine Wilderness Academy, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 in Rocky Ripple.
The camp declined to comment on specific children’s experiences. The former Trails Carolina participants who spoke to NBC News ranged in age from 12 to 16 when they attended the program.
Camp Widjiwagan was founded in 1929 by Julian Kirby with the permission of the YMCA as an all-boys wilderness camp. In 1947 it held its first sessions for girls. Since its founding it has gained national recognition for its excellent canoeing and backpacking programs.
For most camps, participants must be at least 7 years old or older, with certain exceptions such as the Creative Adventures week-long camps for 4- to 6-year-olds.
The oldest, largest and most prominent of the Northern Tier bases is the Charles L. Sommers National High Adventure Base. Central to its programs is trips into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) and Quetico Provincial Park. Programs at the Northern Tier vary by season. In the summer, participants undertake wilderness canoe excursions.