Our Accomplishments

Since 1984, FCS has provided a wide range of place-based outdoor education programs for some 88,880 participants, ranging in age from 6 to 90. FCS has provided over 74,100 hours of youth and adult service on public lands, 769,000 hours of student/youth outdoor education, 270,000 hours of adult outdoor education, and 110,800 hours of teacher training in outdoor education. The School has awarded 200 teacher scholarships for our outdoor programs; repaired or rehabilitated hundreds of miles of roads, springs, and trails; and worked to protect over 32 archaeological sites on public land. 

Our Awards

2009

    • The Public Lands Service and Project of the Year awards from The Corps Network for our CCYC Dolores River Restoration Project

2008

    • One of National Geographic Traveler Magazine's 50 Great Trips of a Lifetime for our Southwest Ed-Ventures Safari Camps

2006

    • Tourism Cares for Tomorrow Award

2005

• Utah Society for Environmental Education's Program and Educator of the Year for BOEP
• Tourism Cares for Tomorrow Award for SW-ED

2004

• Governor of Utah's Watershed Improvement Award for CCYC
• BLM's State of Utah Public Lands Volunteer of the Year Award for CCYC

2003

• Utah Society for Environmental Education Educator of the Year Award for BOEP
• Prescott College Desert Star Award for FCS

2002

• 2002 Olympic Committee's Spirit of the Land Environmental Education Award for BOEP

2001

• National Public Radio's E-Town E-Chievement award for service to our community and beyond for FCS
• Governor of Utah's Science and Technology Award in the Science Education category for BOEP
• North American Association of Environmental Education Outstanding Service to Environmental Education award (regional) for BOEP

1999

• Coleman Company's Outdoor Education and Recreation Program of the Year for FCS
• Utah Society for Environmental Education's Environmental Education Program of the Year for BOEP

1995

• U.S. Forest Service award for significant archaeological excavations on the Colorado Plateau for SW-ED

1994

• Utah Society for Environmental Education's Environmental Education Program of the Year for BOEP

1993

• National Wildlife Federation award for work on grazing reform for FCS

1992

• Utah Wildlife Society award for peregrine falcon research for SW-ED