Our Accomplishments

Since 1984, FCS has provided a wide range of place-based outdoor education programs for some 76,080 participants, ranging in age from 6 to 90. FCS has provided over 47,800 hours of youth and adult service on public lands, 565,000 hours of student/youth outdoor education, 226,000 hours of adult outdoor education, and 76,000 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 28 archaeological sites on public lands.

Our Awards

2008

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

2005

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

2004

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

2003

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

2002

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

2001

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

1999

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

1995

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

1994

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

1993

• National Wildlife Federation award for work on grazing reform

1992

• Utah Wildlife Society award for peregrine falcon research