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Indigenous peoples used traps and snares, they just made hundreds of them. Paiute children caught more protien with their traps than the adults did with bows. Take a look at Margeret Wheat's book "Survival Arts of the Primitive Piautes" for good ideas, including making rabbit nets out of dog...

How many of you have read "Last Child in the Woods" Saving our children from Nature Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv. He cites many examples of how exposure to wilderness improves many conditions and behaviors.

Well thank you all for the nice welcome. Still new at this and trying to get all my rss feeds going. So, one story from the past. I was working with an angry young man in the desert and in trying to get him to open up a bit asked what he wanted to to in the future. His answer was that he...

As a Program Director of a Wilderness Therapy Program, I saw many significant changes in the students who came to us. The primitive living was really quite a shock for many of them, used to constant interactions on internet, phone, text, etc. A surprising number did not even know how to lace up...

Hagerman, down by the snake river.

Hello all, I am a former Program Director for a Wilderness Treatment Program. Currently I am a WFR/WFA instructor for SOLO and provide consulting services for Programs regarding policies/procedures and best practices. I am interested in discussions related to wilderness therapy and program...

As a former director of a wilderness program there are multiple benefits. However, my experience was that it was very beneficial, but not in isolation from families. And yes it is not for everyone.