Steve Longenecker, Asheville, NC

WEMA - Wildlife Educator - Climber

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Steve Longenecker has been a teacher of one kind or another all of his adult life. He has been an elementary and middle school teacher, an American Red Cross First Aid and CPR "Instructor Trainer," also a Wilderness First Responder. As a rock climber, he is credited with a number of classic first ascents in Western North Carolina, including the famous "Nose Route" on Looking Glass Rock. Steve helped develop outdoor programs for many summer camps in the region and was the Adventure Programs Director at Falling Creek Camp for a number of years. Permitted by both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the State of North Carolina to use non-releasable birds of prey for educational programs, he has introduced thousands of children to the natural world of reptiles and raptors through his presentations to camps, schools, Scouts,  churches, and other youth groups. Steve began teaching Wilderness Emergency Medical Aid (WEMA) in 1973. He continues to develop and provide programs for children and adults, especially WEMA, raptor and reptile programs.

Steve offers an wide variety of skills and programs for all groups. Please explore the pages on this site. I hope to be hearing from you soon.

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"In the end, we will conserve only what we love.
 We will love only what we understand.
 We will understand only what we are taught.”