Websites - PE 418 - Outdoor Leadership - LibGuides at Malone University

Useful Websites

Children and Nature Network
The Children & Nature Network is leading a movement to connect all children, their families and communities to nature through innovative ideas, evidence-based resources and tools, broad-based collaboration and support of grassroots leadership.
E Nature Filed Guides
The site's core content of wildlife information about almost 6,000 individual species is the same data set used to create the printed Audubon Field Guides. All the data has been carefully reviewed and vetted by leading biologists, zoologists and other natural history specialists.
Leave No Trace
Dedicated to the responsible enjoyment and active stewardship of the outdoors by all people, worldwide.
NOLS - National Outdoor Leadership School
The leader in wilderness education
Outward Bound
Outward Bound is the premier provider of experience-based outdoor leadership programs for teens, adults and professionals.
Project Adventure
Project Adventure seeks to expand Adventure-based experiential programming, with the goal of developing responsible individuals, productive organizations and sustainable communities
Public Lands Information Center
Parks and recreational areas
Top Ten Issues Confronting the National Park Service
From the National Geographic
USGS Geology of the National Parks
3D and Photographic Tours Featuring Park Geology and Natural History

Professiona Associations

Association for Experiential Education (AEE)
A nonprofit, professional membership association dedicated to experiential education and the students, educators and practitioners who utilize its philosophy.
Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education
The mission of AORE is to provide opportunities to exchange information, promote the preservation and conservation of the natural environment, and address issues common to outdoor recreation and education programs.
National Park and Recreation Association
NRPA is the leading advocacy organization dedicated to the advancement of public parks and recreation opportunities.
North American Association of Environmental Education
Promotes excellence in environmental education and serves environmental educators for the purpose of achieving environmental literacy.
Wilderness Education Association
The mission of the WEA is to promote the professionalism of outdoor leadership through establishment of national standards, curriculum design, implementation, advocacy, and research driven initiatives.

Organizations

Active Outdoor Recreation Economy Report

Outdoor Recreation Economy - 2012

Available from the Outdoor Industry Information site, The Active Outdoor Recreation Economy Report, State by State, quantifies the national economic contribution of outdoor activities on the U.S. economy. Individual reports detail the statewide contributions of active outdoor recreation on the economies of 21 specific states. It includes an easy to read summary of the sales revenue, taxes, and jobs generated.

Below is the Outdoor Recreation Economy Report - 2012.

PE 418 - Outdoor Leadership: Websites

Useful Websites

Professiona Associations

Organizations

Active Outdoor Recreation Economy Report