DOCUMENT RESUME ED 356 932 RC 019 114 AUTHOR Miles, John C., Ed.; Watters, Ron, Ed. TITLE Proceedings of the 1984 Conference on Outdoor Recreation: A Landmark Conference in the Outdoor Recreation Field (1st, Bozeman, Montana, November 1-4, 1984). REPORT NO ISBN-0-037834-10-6 PUB DATE 85 NOTE 213p.; Prepared by the 1984 Conference on Outdoor Recreation Steering Committee. For selected individual papers, see RC 019 115-117. PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Adventure Education; Disabilities; Elementary Secondary Education; *Environmental Education; Higher Education; *Leadership; *Outdoor Activities; *Outdoor Education; Program Descriptions; Program Development; Recreational Activities IDENTIFIERS *Outdoor Leadership; *Outdoor Recreation ABSTRACT This document consists of materials presented at a conference organized by representatives of university outdoor programs to discuss issues and exchange ideas about outdoor topics. Twenty-six papers were presented:(1) "Conference on Outdoor Recreation for the Disabled: Breaking the Stereotype" (Tom Whittaker and Sheila Brashear);(2) "Aquatics: A Viable Program for High Level Quadriplegics" (Jan Brabant);(3) "Community Integration with an In-house Recreation Program" (Jan Brabant);(4) "Whitewater Rafting for the Disabled" (Ginny McKay);(5) "Scuba Diving: Mainstreaming the Disabled" (Scott Taylor and Jan Brabant);(6) "Kinsmen Camp Horizon Presentation" (Bob Davies);(7) "Wilderness Leadership Certification Catch 22 Assessing the Outdoor Leader: An Insoluble Problem?" (Bill March);(8) "Wilderness Educational Association Certification" (Kelly Cain);(9) "The Role of Academic Departments in Outdoor Recreation Programs" (Greg Simmons);(10) "Leadership and Cooperative Adventure Program" (Steve Leonoudakis);(11) "Access to Public Land: Permits and Prohibitions" (Jim Rennie);(12) "An Uncommon Adventure" (Jim Rennie); (13) "Beyond Outdoor Recreation" (Curt Shirer); (14) "The Challenge of Wilderness Management" (John Miles); (15) "Historical Perspectives of Outdoor and Wilderness Recreation Programming in the United States" (Ron Watters); (16) "A Reveiw of the Major Considerations for Trip Planning in Land Based Pursuits" (Paul Green); (17) "Selected Legal Aspects of University Outdoor Programs" (Dudley Improta);(18) "Networking: Cooperative Programming and Equipment Purchase" (James Loveless and Nancy Stephenson); (19) "Financing Outdoor Programs" (Jim Rennie);(20) "Wilderness Management on National Forests: Preserving a Primitive Setting for Recreation" (Susan Marsh and David Martin); (21) "Risk and Hazard Management in High Adventurer Outdoor Pursuits" (Joel Meier); (22) "Developing a Winter Hut System" (Ron Watters); (23) "Outdoor Adventures for New Student Orientation" (Nancie Baldus and Steve Walker); (24) "A Strategy for Expanding an Outdoor Program" (Paul Green and Rick Newman); (25) "Group Dynamics in the Outdoors: A Model for Teaching Outdoor Leaders" (Maurice Phipps); and (26) "The 1984 Conference on Outdoor Recreation: A Beginning or End" (Jim Rogers). Also included is a list of the 1986 National Outdoor Recreation Conference Committee Members; biographic information on presenters; schedule of conference presentations; and conference participant mailing addresses. (LP) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION -PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS Ofirce of Educatfonat Research and Improvement MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY EDUCATIONAL RE SOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) c5 document has been reproduced as (A)CdbAI)) received from the person or Organization Onginating.1 Minor changes 11.1$.1, been made to improve tePtoduclion curably Pcunts of view or optnrons stated in Ihrs Paco merit do not necessaray rept etient nIllcfal TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OE RI posfuon orpOliCv INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1984 CONFERENCE ON OUTDOOR RECREATION A Landmark Conference in the Outdoor Recreation Field Edited by John C. Miles Ron Watters Idaho State University Press/1984 Conference on Outdoor Recreation Steering Committee, Publishers Pocatello, Idaho 1985 blEST rirITTY V4LL Copyright 1985 by 1984 Conference on Outdoor Recreation Steering Committee Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 85-60047 ISBN 0-037834-10-6 IdahoStateUniversity Press/1984 Conferenceon Outdoor Recreation Steering Committee, Publishers Box 8118, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, 83209 Al! Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America Typesetting by Patti Kudla Printed by Idaho State University Printing Services m ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We wishto express our gratitude to Montana State University, ASMSU Outdoor Recreation Program, and the Strand Union staff for hosting the 1984 National Conference on Outdoor Recreation. Special appreciation is extended to the following individuals who contributed significantly to the development and organization of the conference: Mike Cavaness Jim Rennie Keith Glaes Jim Rogers Gary 0. Grimm Curt Shirer Dudley Improta Ron Watters Steve Johnson Tom Whittaker Bill March Anote of thanks is offered for the endorsement andsupport of the conference by: Association of College Unions - International (ACU-I) Association of Experiential Education (AEE) National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) National Intramural - Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) The conferencewas sponsored by the outdoor programsfrom the following universities: Idaho State University Illinois State University, Normal Montana State University University of Idaho University of Montana i INTRODUCTION The 1984 Conference on Outdoor Recreation originated when a few representatives from university outdoorprogramsmutually agreedthat the outdoor/wilderness recreation professionbadly needed to organize a gathering for the exchange of ideas and the meeting of the minds. Though various national organizations from time to time have included sessions in their conferencesabout outdoor/wilderness recreation, therewas a great need for a national conferencedealing specifically and intenselywith outdoor topics. Planning started two years prior to the conference at a meeting in Missoula, Montana, attended by Jim Rennie fromthe University of Idaho, Dudley Improta fromthe University of Mcntana andRon Watters of Idaho StateUniversity. The idea quicKlygainedmomentumwhen others joined in the planning effort: Gary Grimmof Mountain visions, Bill March of the University of Calgary, Jim Rogers of Illinois State, Keith Glaes of University of Montana, Steve Johnson of RockyMountain College, andMike Cavaness of Montana StateUniversity. Mike Cavaness greatlyhelped efforts when he generously offered to host the conference in Bozeman. A networkof interested individuals throughout Canada and the United States developed through advertisements in journals and promotional mailings. A conference program evolved which was made of four types or categories of sessions. Each of the individual categories served as differentmediumsbywhich individuals in the recreation field could exchange ideas. These four categories included: a) skill and teaching workshops - for the sharing of information of latest teaching techniques of selected outdoor activities, b) rpaper. presentations - to provide a forum for individuals who are researching and writingabout outdoorrecreation topics, c) information sessions - for the exchange of ideas in a variety of topics in hour-long segments, and d) evening programs - presentations of notable expeditions or notable outdoor films or productiors. A schedule of the sessions at the conference has been included in the proceedings). The conference, which occurred from November 1-4, 1984, in Bozeman, was an overwhelming success and amilestone in the developmentof the outdoor recreation/wilderness field. Though it is an impossibletask todisseminate the wealth of information--verbal and written--thatwas availableat the conference, an attempt has been made to include most of the written materialsavailable at the conference or developed shortly after the conference's conclusion. Most of the t./ INTRODUCTION conferencepresenters provided summaries or detailedpapers of their sessions for inclusion in the proceedings. The editors and the conference steering committee members wish to expresstheir thanks to the presenters and all conference attendees who through their dedication and enthusiasm helped make theconference a success. C iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Acknowledgements i Introduction iii Part I - Outdoor Recreation for the Disabled 1 Conference on Outdoor Recreation for the Disabled: 3 Breaking the Stereotype Tom Whittaker and Sheila Brashear Aquatics: A Viable Program for High Level 11 Quadriplegics Jan Brabant Community Integration with an In-house Recreation 17 Program Jan Brabant Whitewater Rafting for the Disabled 21 Ginny Mckay Scuba Diving: Mainstreaming the Disabled 27 Scott Taylor and Jan Brabant Kinsmen Camp Horizon Presentation 31 Bob Davies Part II - Issues in Outdoor Leadership 35 Wilderness Leadership Certification - Catch 22 - 37 Assessing the Outdoor Leader: An Insoluble Problem? Bill March Wilderness Educational Association Certification 53 Kelly Cain The Role of Academic Departments in Outdoor 63 Recreation Programs Greg Simmons i v TABLE OF CONTENTS Leadership and Cooperative Adventure Program 71 Steve Leonoudakis Access to Public Land: Permits and Prohibitions 79 Jim Rennie An Uncommon Adventure 81 Jim Rennie Beyond Outdoor Recreation 87 Curt Shirer Part III - Outdoor Recreation Programming and Its 93 Environment The Challenge of Wilderness Management