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Web of Life Field (WOLF) School offers activities such as hiking, sports, basketball, volleyball, campfires, music, gardening, and team building programs. Participants may also take part in a low-ropes course, a high ropes course, backpacking, kayaking, surfing, and swimming.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Since 1989, WOLF School has been dedicated to providing engaging and impactful educational outdoor experiences for California’s K–12th grade students. Its mission is “Building respect, appreciation, and stewardship within the web of life.” Programs are immersive K–12 California state standards-based residential outdoor science school and team building programs adapted to support each individual student group. WOLF School is a mission-driven and student-focused non-profit organization and is the educational component of United Camps, Conferences and Retreats (UCCR), a private non-profit camp and conference management organization. WOLF School offers programs at multiple professionally maintained camps in locations throughout California, from redwood forests on the central coast to the Sierras, with campuses as far north as Sonoma County and south to the San Bernardino Mountains. WOLF School operates a scholarship fund to give equal access to students for California science camp programs, and a camp store sells T-shirts, canvas totes, and other gear, with all proceeds benefiting the WOLF School Scholarship Fund. Rules for acceptance and participation in programs at UCCR are the same for everyone without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin.
Program Directors and Naturalists hold college degrees and are professionals in environmental education, with backgrounds in science, history, community-building, education, and working with youth. The leadership team includes Heather Butler, Director; Desiree Gant, Associate Director; Sergio Typhoon, Program Coordinator; and Marie Kraemer Wegrich, Naturalist. Heather Butler graduated from Stanford University with an A.B. in Human Biology and Comparative Literature and received her Teaching Credential from Chapman University in 2005. Desiree Gant earned a B.A. in History with a minor in Education from UC Santa Cruz and a Masters in Elementary Education from Loyola Marymount University. Sergio Typhoon earned both his Bachelor of Science in Ecology, Behavior and Evolution and a Master of Science in Biology from UC San Diego. Camp Monte Toyon, where WOLF School runs programs, is an American Camp Association accredited camp.
WOLF School works with schools and organizations to connect youth with nature, empower individuals, and strengthen communities, and it thanks Save the Redwoods League for supporting WOLF School. WOLF School educators are taking part in the first statewide virtual conference of the Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (AEOE). Heather Butler is a member and past president of California’s Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education (AEOE) and a past board member of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks.
Testimonials from teachers, students, and staff describe the program’s naturalists and experiences. One teacher from Deterding Elementary in Carmichael states, “WOLF School’s naturalists are passionate about what they’re doing and use multiple modalities to reach every student.” A student journal entry notes, “It took my breath away, so perfect and vivid that you ask yourself is this real. You think not even the best technology can be so beautiful.” A teacher from Easterbrook Discovery School in San Jose says the naturalists “remember that, along with the facts, there should also be joy in the scientific process,” and that they “instill in their students an appreciation for close observation and an understanding of global issues” and “make each experience new and exciting.” A WOLF School naturalist in Santa Cruz describes working in the redwoods with kids and the moment when a group stands in a perfect circle under a redwood grove and looks up to see a perfect circle formed by the trees.
Last updated June 11, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Since 1989, WOLF School has been dedicated to providing engaging and impactful educational outdoor experiences for California’s K–12th grade students. Its mission is “Building respect, appreciation, and stewardship within the web of life.” Programs are immersive K–12 California state standards-based residential outdoor science school and team building programs adapted to support each individual student group. WOLF School is a mission-driven and student-focused non-profit organization and is the educational component of United Camps, Conferences and Retreats (UCCR), a private non-profit camp and conference management organization. WOLF School offers programs at multiple professionally maintained camps in locations throughout California, from redwood forests on the central coast to the Sierras, with campuses as far north as Sonoma County and south to the San Bernardino Mountains. WOLF School operates a scholarship fund to give equal access to students for California science camp programs, and a camp store sells T-shirts, canvas totes, and other gear, with all proceeds benefiting the WOLF School Scholarship Fund. Rules for acceptance and participation in programs at UCCR are the same for everyone without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin.
Program Directors and Naturalists hold college degrees and are professionals in environmental education, with backgrounds in science, history, community-building, education, and working with youth. The leadership team includes Heather Butler, Director; Desiree Gant, Associate Director; Sergio Typhoon, Program Coordinator; and Marie Kraemer Wegrich, Naturalist. Heather Butler graduated from Stanford University with an A.B. in Human Biology and Comparative Literature and received her Teaching Credential from Chapman University in 2005. Desiree Gant earned a B.A. in History with a minor in Education from UC Santa Cruz and a Masters in Elementary Education from Loyola Marymount University. Sergio Typhoon earned both his Bachelor of Science in Ecology, Behavior and Evolution and a Master of Science in Biology from UC San Diego. Camp Monte Toyon, where WOLF School runs programs, is an American Camp Association accredited camp.
WOLF School works with schools and organizations to connect youth with nature, empower individuals, and strengthen communities, and it thanks Save the Redwoods League for supporting WOLF School. WOLF School educators are taking part in the first statewide virtual conference of the Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (AEOE). Heather Butler is a member and past president of California’s Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education (AEOE) and a past board member of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks.
Testimonials from teachers, students, and staff describe the program’s naturalists and experiences. One teacher from Deterding Elementary in Carmichael states, “WOLF School’s naturalists are passionate about what they’re doing and use multiple modalities to reach every student.” A student journal entry notes, “It took my breath away, so perfect and vivid that you ask yourself is this real. You think not even the best technology can be so beautiful.” A teacher from Easterbrook Discovery School in San Jose says the naturalists “remember that, along with the facts, there should also be joy in the scientific process,” and that they “instill in their students an appreciation for close observation and an understanding of global issues” and “make each experience new and exciting.” A WOLF School naturalist in Santa Cruz describes working in the redwoods with kids and the moment when a group stands in a perfect circle under a redwood grove and looks up to see a perfect circle formed by the trees.
Last updated June 11, 2026.
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