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​​Consulting Services​

Ph.D. Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resource Management subject matter expert.

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Over 20 years of experience as a team leader, Outward Bound instructor, College Professor, and Program Director of an Outdoor Leadership Major. 

 

Served in a leadership and planning capacity for hundreds of non-motorized trips and expeditions in remote backcountry forests, rivers, and deserts across North America, covering thousands of miles by foot, paddle, and pedal while leading clients and students.

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Personal Injury Incident Review, Accident Site Review

Independent expert witness reports for the Outdoor Recreation industry. Expertise well-suited to translating the duty of care for outfitter, guiding, and outdoor education instruction services in high-risk settings like whitewater rivers, institutional rock climbing sites, and austere off-trail backcountry environments. 

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Outdoor Recreation Program Design and Risk Management

Develop or review all aspects of company or program policies, procedures, and guidelines for Schools, Colleges, and Universities, Non-profit organizations, and more. 

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Expertise Areas 

  • Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Protected Areas, Conservation Social Sciences

  • Outdoor Guide Training / Outdoor Leader Training:

    • Outdoor skills instruction

    • Leadership, decision-making, group facilitation

  • Program Planning:

    • Logistics, equipment, transportation

    • Staff recruitment and onboarding

    • Risk management guidelines, procedures, and policy safety manuals

  • Outdoor Program Facility Management:

    • Low ropes and teambuilding facilitation

    • High ropes courses

    • Climbing walls

    • Equipment storage facilities

  • Water-based:

    • Expedition whitewater rafting

    • Expedition canoe touring

    • Whitewater kayaking

  • Land-based

    • Non-motorized trail design, building, and maintenance

    • Contemporary low-impact outdoor living skills, backcountry navigation,

    • Backpacking, mountain biking, climbing, winter travel, alpine skiing, ropes course management, and teambuilding facilitation

    • Vehicle driver and trailer supervision and training

Whitewater Rafting

Commercial whitewater rafting customers stopping to jump off a large rock into the Hudson River, North Creek, NY, Adirondack Mountains

Swiftwater Rescue River Crossing Training

Swiftwater rescue training course students practice a tripod stabilization technique to cross fast moving river water in the Poultney River, VT

Outdoor Education Expedition Rafting

Outdoor Education students visiting Cataract Canyon in Canyonlands National Park, UT, noting the federal agency warnings.

Swiftwater Rescue Training

Teaching safe river entry skills for moving water during a Swiftwater Rescue Training Course, in Poultney, VT

Commercial whitewater paddle raft training

Supervising a whitewater paddle raft training in cold weather on the Poultney River, VT

Demonstration of indoor paddle raft guide skills training

Using an indoor pool to train whitewater paddle raft skills during frozen winter months in Poultney, VT.

Adirondack Canoe Portage Danger Sign

State agency risk management sign directing the public to use a canoe portage around waterfalls and rapids, Adirondack Park, NY.

Outdoor Education Expedition Canoe Carry

Outdoor education expedition participants demonstrate canoe portage technique in Saranac Lake, NY, Adirondack Mountains.

Outdoor Education Students in an Outdoor Classroom

Students take notes during a lesson on outdoor leadership about trip planning and decision-making in Hubbardton, VT

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