The Highest Use of Wilderness
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The growing popularity of programs offering wilderness experiences for personal growth, therapy, education, leadership and related human resource development is an important trend in the use of wilderness and related natural environments. Some of the programs have become household words, such as Outward Bound and the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), but a plethora of lesser-known programs and schools include wilderness experiences in their curricula. This use of wilderness for personal growth, therapy and education has been called by some “the highest use of wilderness.”
