The Backcountry Classroom Lesson Plans for Teaching in the Wilderness

Jack Drury is Associate Professor and Director of Wilderness Recreation Leadership at North Country Community College, a unit of the State University of New York (SUNY) in Saranac Lake, New York. He is a WEA instructor having taught WEA NSP courses annually since 1979. He hold a B.S. in recreation education from SUNY Cortland and a M.S. in education administration from SUNY, Plattsburgh. Bruce Bonney has been teaching public high school social studies as Morrisville-Eaton Central School in Morrisville, New York for the past 22 years. A WEA instructor, Bruce is also owner and operator of Wilderness Education Services which contracts with public schools for wilderness education training. Bruce received his B.A. from Colgate University and his M.S. In history form Syracuse University. He is also an adjunct professor for North Country Community College.