Instructor: Sarah R. Johnson MAEd
ROE 510, 1 Credit, $170 + $10 Course Fee
Date:  August 6-8, 2020
Location: Chapin Wright Marble Basecamp, Marble, CO
Audience: K-12; Outdoor Educator Leaders
Register at Western Colorado University
This field training at the Chapin Wright Marble Basecamp near Marble, Colorado and is developed by the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, which aims for participants to learn Leave No Trace skills and ethics as well as techniques for effectively sharing these low impact practices with students of all ages. This course is specifically for educators who take youth outdoors for single or multi-day courses.  Research has shown that this course significantly improves participant knowledge and understanding of how Leave No Trace protects the outdoor places we love. Participants will prepare a lesson prior to the training to teach during the course (topics organized by the instructor). Participants will either need to hike along the road approximately 1 mile gaining 800 feet from the parking area to the basecamp, or a high clearance 4-wheel drive vehicle is necessary to access the site. Participants must bring their own food and camping equipment.

Instructor: Sarah R. Johnson MAEd
ENVS 510, 2 Credits, $340 + $15 Course Fee
Thursday, June 11-Saturday, June 13, 2020. 8:00am-6:00pm
Audience: Secondary
Register at Western Colorado University beginning February 3

Expand your knowledge of public lands in America. Through interactive discussion-based learning gain a stronger understanding of federal land designations, history of these lands, and the context in which these places were protected. Educators will get free access to a brand-new public land high school curriculum. The course aims to build connections between people and America’s public lands as well as awareness that the lands and waters we love today were once and still are Indigenous lands. Each day field trips to local BLM, US Forest Service, National Park, and Colorado state lands will expose participants to the agencies and the professionals who manage them. We will explore the many uses and benefits of public lands, as well as the threats they face locally and nationally. Students will also collect citizen science land cover and tree data for NASA’s Globe Observer. Activities from other nationally proven curriculum will also be interwoven throughout the course. 

Instructor: Sarah R. Johnson MAEd
ENVS 510, 2 Credits, $340 + $15 Course Fee
Date: July 28-30, 2020
Location: Gunnison National Forest; Curecanti National Recreation Area, camping at East Elk Creek Group Campground
Audience: Secondary; Community learners; Higher Education
Register at Western Colorado University
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Expand your knowledge of public lands in America. Community members and educators are invited to participate in this interactive discussion-based learning opportunity to gain a stronger understanding of federal land designations, history of these lands, and the context in which these places were protected. The course aims to build connections between people and America’s public lands as well as awareness that the lands and waters we love today were once and still are Indigenous lands. Each day field trips to local BLM, US Forest Service, National Park, and Colorado state lands will expose students to the agencies and the professionals who manage them. Students will explore the many uses and benefits of public lands, as well as the threats they face locally and nationally. Students will also collect citizen science land cover and tree data for NASA’s Globe Observer.

Wild Rose Education is thrilled to announce a partnership with The Wilderness Society to pilot and evaluate the effectiveness of the brand new Public Lands in the United States curriculum for learners 16 years and older. The interactive discussion based learning experiences builds stronger understanding of federal land designations, history of these lands, and the context in which these places were protected for participants. The curriculum aims to build connections between people and America’s public lands as well as awareness that the lands and waters we love today were once and still are Indigenous lands. The course also explores the many uses and benefits of public lands, as well as the threats they face locally and nationally. Read more from TWS.

We will be creating evaluation tools, aligning the curriculum to national and Colorado social studies and literacy standards, and also the Guidelines for Excellence in Environmental Education. 

Contact us if you would like to schedule the curriculum with your community or student group. 

Our Public Lands: Designations, History, and Today 
Aspen Mountain Guide School (11th & 12th grade students)
December, 2019
Aspen High School, Aspen, CO

Our Public Lands: Designations, History, and Today 
Tuesdays, 6:00pm-8:30pm, February 4, 11, and 18, 2020
Colorado Mountain College, Carbondale, CO
$55 non-credit course, Register here

Public Lands for Secondary Educators: Designations, History, and Today
Tuesdays, 5:00pm-7:30pm, February 25, March 3, 10, 2020
Third Street Center, Carbondale, CO 
$40 early registration fee, $50 after Feb. 10th Register here.
Optional 1 graduate-level relicensure credit available for $50 from Colorado School of Mines

Public Lands for Secondary Educators: Designations, History, and Today
8:00am-6:00pm June 11, 12, 13, 2020
Western Colorado University, Gunnison CO
Registration opens in early February 2020
2 graduate credits course description
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Public Lands Exploration in the Gunnison Valley: Designations, History, and Today
8:00am-6:00pm July 28, 29, 30, 2020
camping at East Elk Creek group site, Curecanti National Recreation Area
Western Colorado University, Gunnison CO
Registration opens in early February 2020
2 graduate credits course description

Email us to be notified when course registrations open. 
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Wild Rose Education piloted an innovative approach to provide a Leave No Trace Trainer Course for the new Aspen Mountain Guide School students this fall. The 11th and 12th grade students spent the entire month of September during their regular class time learning and practicing the 7 Principles of LNT and the ethics of minimal impact use of public lands. They then worked in small groups to research and then teach mini-lessons on special uses such as mountain biking, camping bear country, hammock camping, winter travel, hunting, fishing, and rock climbing. All the participants are now trained by LNT and have the skills and knowledge to teach LNT Awareness Workshops. 
Aspen Public Radio covered the workshop with this recent news story.
Special thanks to Tim Borden, LNT Master Educator for co-instructing the course and to Aspen Valley Land Trust for the use of the Chapin Wright Marble Basecamp.