McCarthy, Alaska
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park &Preserve
June 22-August 10, 2008
The Wrangell Mountains Center hosts the California State University Wildlands Studies Program, seven weeks of intensive summer field work amid the peaks, glaciers, meadows and forests of the Wrangells wilderness. Participants earn 12 semester units (18 quarter units) of transferable, upper division college credit studying with the support of experienced faculty and our student group. Through rigorous natural history observation, writing, science and the arts, we explore geological, ecological, and cultural processes that shape the Wrangell Mountains. We divide our time between backpacking and camping in the backcountry and basing at the Wrangell Mountains Center in the historic, tiny town of McCarthy in the middle of the park. 2008 celebrates our twenty-sixth year of Wildlands Studies courses in Wrangell St. Elias National Park & Preserve. We look forward to sharing our summer with a curious, high-spirited group. Join us!
Download the 2008 program description.
Download a description of earth science study opportunities in the program.
