2018 Route
The Semester in the West camps for the 2018 program. We'll update this map as we move through the region.
Expected Itinerary (Subject to change)
August 20-23: Orientation (Walla Walla, WA)
August 24-28: Natural Resources Management (Wallowa County, OR)
August 29-September 4: Natural Resources and Wildlife (Methow Valley, WA)
September 6-12: Journalism and Wildlife Management (Greater Yellowstone, WY and MT)
September 13: Digital Media and Podcasting Workshop with KGB Productions (Jackson Hole, WY)
September 15: Ranching on Public Lands (Jackpot, NV)
September 17-27: Ecology with Mary O'Brien (Monroe Mountain, UT and Castle Valley, UT)
September 29-October 5: Writing Workshops with Ann Walka and Amy Irvine (Bluff, UT)
October 6-7: Havasupai Uranium Exploitation Protest (South Butte, AZ)
October 8-10: Grand Canyon History and Mining (Kane Ranch, AZ)
October 11-13: Navajo Reservation Service Learning (Hard Rock, AZ)
October 15-18: Writing Workshop with Stanley Crawford (El Valle, NM)
October 20-25: Watershed Ecology with Paul Arbetan (Santa Fe, NM)
October 27-30: Canoe Trip down Boquillas Canyon (Big Bend National Park, TX)
November 1-3: Desert Ecology with Paul Arbetan (Deming, NM)
November 5-8: Colorado River Delta with Sonoran Institute (Sonora, Mexico)
November 9-11: California Desert Endangered Species (Shoshone, CA)
November 11-12: History of Mojave Desert (Joshua Tree National Park, CA)
November 13-14: Northern California Conservation (Colusa, CA)
November 15-16: Drive back to Walla Walla, WA
November 17-December 1: Program-end projects at Johnston Wilderness Campus, Walla Walla, WA