Six youth volunteers with the Catrock Youth Academy in the Bronx, accompanied by adult leaders Megan Robertson and Nicholas Radulescu, spent 6 days with SBFC in the Bitterroot National Forest at Big Creek clearing trail and coming to understand the meaning and importance of Wilderness.

Megan Robertson, group leader and creator of this wonderful video, currently lives and works in New York City as a data scientist, but she loves spending her free time outdoors camping, backpacking and hiking. She has been volunteering with New York City Inspiring Connections Outdoors (NYC ICO) and CatRock Ventures for over a year. She is the new volunteer coordinator and a certified leader who plans trips for various age groups. She started volunteering with the organization because she wanted to help youth discover the benefits of spending time outdoors and pass along her knowledge of outdoor skills.

Megan has generously shared her video with us so that we can share it with you. Please click on the youtube video link below.

If you’d like more information about the CatRock program please go to: http://catrockventures.org/