Returning Warriors: Outdoor Recreation, Restoration & Resilience

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Higher Ground

Posted by Keith G. Tidball, Ph.D. at 3:21 PM

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About REWORRRs

The benefits of nature contact as therapy are well documented, including contemplative, recreational, and hands-on habitat restoration activities. Though not yet on the radar screen of policy makers, veterans have initiated nature-based programs focused on hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation and restoration activities. Examples include Wounded Warriors in Action and Project Healing Waters. Testimony from participants indicates the programs' powerful impacts on vets. Although research projects have focused on reintegrating vets, a recent literature review revealed only a small number of studies of the impact of an outdoor program on veterans. Further, despite the rapid emergence of nature-based programs for vets across the US, little information on how officials view such efforts exists. The REWORRR study, funded by USDA NIFA Federal Formula Funds, explores the importance of human-nature interactions in outdoor recreation and restoration activities among returning war veterans to account for how these interactions relate to individual, community, and social-ecological health and resilience. This website serves as a clearinghouse of information useful to or generated from these research endeavors.

Project Support

This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. NYC-147855, Accession No. 1001838

Research

Duvall, J. and R. Kaplan (2013) Exploring the Benefits of Outdoor Experiences on Veterans: Report prepared for the

Sierra Club Military Families and Veterans Initiative. Sierra Club.

Tidball, Keith G. (2013). Returning Warriors and Environmental Education Opportunities: Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Restoration for Veterans #CEL002. In Cornell Civic Ecology Lab (Ed.), Civic Ecology Lab White Paper Series (pp. 17). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.

Tidball, Keith G. (2013) Outdoor Recreation, Restoration and Healing for Returning Combatants. In The Nature of Cities blog.

Vella EJ, Milligan B, Bennett JL (2013) Participation in outdoor recreation program predicts improved psychosocial well-being among veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: a pilot study. Military Medicine 178(3):254-60.

Organizations & Projects

Farming & Forestry

Farmer Veteran Coalition

Veterans to Farmers

Fishing

Heroes on the Water

Project Healing Waters

Rivers of Recovery

Warriors & Quiet Waters

Wounded Veterans Fishing Program

Hunting

Freedom Hunters

Freedom Isn't Free Veteran Hunt

Healing Outside of a Hospital (HOOAH)

Hero Hunt, Inc.

Honored American Veterans Afield (HAVA)

Hunters Helping Heroes

Sportsmen's Foundation for Military Families

Veterans Outdoors

Wounded Warriors In Action Foundation

Wounded Warriors Guide Service

Wounded Warriors Outdoors

Outdoor Adventure

Combat Wounded Veterans Challenge

Equest - Hooves for Heroes

Hope for the Warriors Outdoor Adventure Program

LOF Adaptive Skiers

OASIS - Outdoor Adventure for Sacrifice in Service

Operation Amped (surfing)

Operation Climb On

Outward Bound for Veterans

Project Sanctuary

Sierra Club Military Outdoors

Soldiers to Summits

Team River Runner

Veterans Adventure

Veterans Expeditions

Warriors in Motion

Warriors on Cataract

Wounded Warrior Patrol (skiing)

Restoration

NOAA Veteran's Corp

Veteran's Conservation Corps (WA State)

Veteran's Conservation Corps (Chicago)

Veterans Fire Corps

REWORRRs in the News

* Outdoor Activities Effective Therapy for Veterans Jan 2014

* Field & Stream Hero for a Day 2013

* Salt Lake Tribune Disabled veterans climb iconic Teton on 9/11 anniversary 2012

* Cornell Chronicle -- Tidball uses green space to heal returning veterans 2012

* Watertown Daily Times -- Research project looks to connect returned soldiers and nature 2012

* WNYF Fox 28 -- Researcher Looks To Nature To Help Veterans 2012

* WWNY TV 7 News --Ft. Drum Vets Needed For Back To Nature Study 2012

*Field & Stream Heroes for a Day 2012

Recommended Reading

Field Exercises: How Veterans Are Healing Themselves through Farming and Outdoor Activities

Greening in the Red Zone; Disaster, Resilience, and Community Greening

Peace, Security, Sustainability, Equity and Gender: Perspectives of IPRA's Ecology and Peace Commission

War Trauma and Its Wake: Expanding the Circle of Healing

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