PHWFF Syracuse Collaborates with Clear Path for Veterans

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PHWFF Syracuse Collaborates with Clear Path for Veterans - Information about our Regional Events

Love of Life Love of Place w/ Stacy Bare of Sierra Club Military Outdoors

Life Adventure Center Wounded Warrior Hunt

I met Byron of the Life Adventure Center on a webinar today - check out the great work he and his team are doing!

Webinar - Returning Warriors: Using Outdoor Recreation for Restoration & Resilience

A recent presentation of the Department of Defense/ Department of Agriculture partnership's  Military Families Learning Network  Family Transitions concentration area described the benefits of using nature contact/outdoor recreation with Service members. These benefits are becoming well documented, including contemplative, recreational, and hands-on habitat restoration activities. This webinar was designed to help military service providers identify the value of  transitioning service members’ participation in outdoor recreation;  analyze research related to using outdoor recreation; become familiar with formal and informal opportunities; and prepare to refer Service members to  recreational/outdoor opportunities.

For more information, see the Cooperative Extension System LearnEvent here, or explore the powerpoint below,

Returning Warriors: Using Outdoor Recreation for Restoration & Resilience from milfamln

The Land We Defend

Finding Refuge in Wilderness

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.

Army Vet Dustin Alger Military Recreation Therapist at Higher Ground

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."

From War To Plow

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

Veterans Find Refuge in Farming

Freedom Hunters - Bird Haven Ranch