Keynote Speaker Jon Young

Our primary keynote speaker for the 2001 Spring Statewide Conference is Jon Young of the Wilderness Awareness School. Jon will keynote and will present a workshop as well. Additional information about Jon, his teaching methods and classes, his keynote, and his workshop will appear here, so please check back as the conference approaches.

Inspired by his childhood mentoring with tracker and author Tom Brown, Jr., Jon has pioneered blending Native mentoring techniques from around the world with the tools of modern field ecology. Under Jon's guidance, Wilderness Awareness School, which was originally founded as a high school nature club, has grown to reach students all around the world with its programs that help people reconnect with their native environments.

For information about the Wilderness Awareness School, please see their website at http://www.natureoutlet.com/.