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At free Canyonlands Field Institute camps, local children build confidence in the outdoors

By moabtimes.com · August 3, 2026 · 1 min read
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Ten campers, many preparing to enter sixth grade, scattered among the trees above Warner Lake, gathering fallen branches for a shelter-building challenge. Campers work together to build a shelter from fallen branches during Canyonlands Field Institute’s free Explorer Base Camp near Warner Lake in the La Sal Mountains on July 29.

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