Our 2008 Programs
WILD offers a series of one-week, on-river, early summer programs for teens 16- to 18-years and college students. Our programs are built around the living classroom on the Colorado River through Cataract Canyon in Canyonlands National Park.
Here the Colorado remains relatively unobstructed by upstream dams and still runs free through one of the most exceptional canyons in the Southwest, offering a unique perspective of how this region may have appeared to early explorers and Native Americans. Each program will include daily opportunities for side canyon exploration and riverside discussions of the geographic landscape, weather patterns, geologic character, Native American cultural and archaeological history, hydrology and the river ecosystem in the exact physical surrounding which the lessons are discussing.
2008 WILD programs
Saturday, June 14th – Friday, June 20th
$1020/person + $70/person for R/T transportation from SLC
Ages: 16 - 18 yrs
River rating: Class III
COLORADO RIVER 7-DAYS HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM
Join geologist Holly Godsey along with a group of knowledgeable educators and experienced river guides for a week of collaborative teaching and learning on the Colorado River through Cataract Canyon. Days spent whitewater rafting and hiking in Canyonlands National Park are complimented with in-depth discussion of the region’s fascinating geology, archaeology and ecology around the campfire while students and teachers alike team up to explore the challenges that face our ailing planet.
Additional Topics - Geology, Hydrology, Paleontology, Climate Change (Paleoclimatology), Native American culture, botany, and early American explorer history.
Goals - learn something new, share what you know and have fun doing it!
Objective - to provide an emotional and educational foundation for fostering environmental stewardship.
Details: With transportation from Salt Lake City overall trip requires 7 days. We plan to meet in SLC late in the morning or early in the afternoon of Saturday, June 14th to launch on the river near Moab, UT June 15th, and return to SLC late on the afternoon of Friday, June 20th
Sunday, June 21nd – Saturday, June 27th
$1020/person + $70/person for R/T transportation from SLC
Ages: 18-22 yrs
River rating: Class III
COLORADO RIVER 7-DAYS COLLEGE PROGRAM
Join eco poet and permaculture guru Trathen Heckman, author and green building expert Nathaniel Corum, singer/songwriter Megan Slankard, and environmental journalist Pride Wright for an inspiring weeklong exploration of innovative approaches to re-visioning our communities, re-mapping destructive patterns of consumption, and healing our ailing planet.
This trip is for college age students and will include a 6-day rafting trip on the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park.Goals - learn something new, share what you know and have fun doing it!
Objective - to provide an emotional and educational foundation for fostering environmental stewardship.
Details:With transportation from Salt Lake City overall trip requires 7 days. We plan to meet in SLC late in the morning or early in the afternoon of Saturday, June 22nd to launch on the river near Moab, UT June 23rd, and return to SLC late on the afternoon of Saturday, June 28th
