Returning Warriors: Outdoor Recreation, Restoration & Resilience

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

The Land We Defend

Posted by Keith G. Tidball, Ph.D. at 12:16 PM No comments:

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Monday, November 30, 2015

Finding Refuge in Wilderness

Posted by Keith G. Tidball, Ph.D. at 11:43 AM 1 comment:

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Labels: Sierra Club, video

Monday, November 9, 2015

New book on Outdoor Recreation and Veterans

K G Tidball's chapter Hunting and the Return of the Warrior: Therapeutic Possibilities for the Chase appears in this newly released book, available from Sagamore Press.

Posted by Keith G. Tidball, Ph.D. at 7:41 AM 3 comments:

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Monday, October 26, 2015

Army Vet Dustin Alger Military Recreation Therapist at Higher Ground

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Labels: Higher Ground, R4, research

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Benefits of recreation for veterans - Clemson study

"...service members have much higher success in reintegrating into the community when they are actively involved in recreational programs and support groups meant for rehabilitation."

Posted by Keith G. Tidball, Ph.D. at 10:40 AM 2 comments:

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

From War To Plow

From War To Plow: Why USDA Wants Veterans To Take Up Farming : The Salt : NPR

Posted by Keith G. Tidball, Ph.D. at 7:34 AM 1 comment:

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Veterans Find Refuge in Farming

Posted by Keith G. Tidball, Ph.D. at 6:24 AM 2 comments:

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Labels: farming, therapy

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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