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Equipping Outdoor Educators Leaders Since 1977 Why Professional Outdoor Leadership Matters The Wilderness Education Association WEA is a memberbased and volunteerdriven association committed to the development of professional outdoor leaders and educators. Since its inception hundreds of students professionals and academic programs have been impacted by the WEA model and vision for the professionalization of outdoor leadership. Paul Petzoldt Dr. Frank Lupton Chuck Gregory and Bob Christie founded the WEA in 1977 following a collaborative experimental wildernessbased course with Luptons Western Illinois University students in the Wind River Range and Targhee National Forest of Wyoming.