To Rocky Mountains, Isle Royale Iowa teens can work on their leadership skills by exploring the wilds of the United States through a variety of 4-H wilderness leadership trips this summer. The 2001 trips offer opportunities to canoe around Isle Royale National Park or the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northern Minnesota, paddle a sea kayak through the Apostle Islands or backpack through the Rocky Mountains or Grand Teton National Park. The Wilderness Leadership Trips for Youth are available to youths between the ages of 14 and 18.
Financial aid is available.
All trips begin and end at the Iowa 4-H Education and Natural Resources Center near Madrid. The trips are led by experienced wilderness leaders who have been through the adult training course. Most of the wilderness leaders are high school teachers, county naturalists or other professionals. The trips begin in early July and run through early August. Each trip lasts one week.