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Tough love proves too tough http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1912 Controversial "wilderness therapy programs" such as Utah's
North Star, intended for troubled kids, come under critical
scrutiny - and lawsuits - after several teenagers die while in
their care.No publisherChristopher SmithOutdoor2010-02-05T10:04:34ZNews ArticleThe rise and fall of Steve Cartisano http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1913 Utah native Steve Cartisano, the controversial "godfather"
of wilderness therapy, has left a trail of lawsuits behind him,
including one for negligent homicide in the death of a Florida
teenage girl.No publisherChristopher SmithOutdoor2010-11-10T15:10:57ZNews ArticleThe big dogs: Outward Bound and NOLS hit their
thirties http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1911 The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and Outward
Bound are the biggest outdoor education schools in the
West.No publisherElizabeth ManningOutdoor2010-02-05T10:04:34ZNews ArticleThe best guide knows how to let go http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1908 River guide, author and activist Roderick Nash describes a
method of outdoor education he calls "unguiding" - letting the
river teach its own lessons.No publisherRoderick NashOutdoor2010-02-05T10:04:32ZNews ArticleSpreading the gospel: Outdoor education teaches people to know and care about the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1905 The number and variety of outdoor education programs has
increased dramatically in the last 25 years.No publisherElizabeth ManningOutdoor2011-02-02T19:11:50ZNews ArticleNew life springs from tainted soil at a Denver
school http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1907 A program called Volunteer-led Investigations of
Neighborhood Ecology (VINE) introduces urban children to nature, as
demonstrated by Denver's Garden Place Academy.No publisherBill TaylorOutdoor2010-02-05T10:04:31ZNews ArticleLiving in the outdoors http://www.hcn.org/issues/166/5364 The completely revised and rewritten book, "The National
Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide" by Mark Harvey, is a
well-written guide to being in the forests, deserts and high
country.No publisherEd MarstonOutdoor2010-02-05T09:13:17ZNews ArticleGetting outside all around the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1906 A state-by-state directory describes some of the many
outdoor education programs in the West.No publisherMichelle McclellanOutdoor2010-02-05T10:04:31ZNews ArticleAn unsung army of students maintains our national
parks http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1909 The Student Conservation Association has been sending
thousands of young volunteers to help maintain national parks since
1957.No publisherMichelle McclellanOutdoor2010-02-05T10:04:32ZNews ArticleActing for the environment http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1910 A Northwest conservation and outdoor recreation group, The
Mountaineers, educates children by sending actors such as Loren
Foss into schools, who teach by assuming character roles such as
"Old John."No publisherElizabeth ManningOutdoor2010-02-05T10:04:33ZNews ArticleA man to match our mountains http://www.hcn.org/issues/166/5351 Legendary mountaineer and outdoor educator Paul Petzoldt,
who founded the National Outdoor Leadership Training School (NOLS)
and the Wilderness Education Association, has died at the age of
91.No publisherAli Macalady And Tom ReedOutdoor2010-02-05T09:13:08ZNews Article