Citations, please? You seem to think that what qualifies for a "wilderness program" is same thing 'cross the board, whether you're talking about SageWalk or a boy scout or girl scout camp.
Here is one partially funded by US
http://http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/wrc/Publications/wrcreport9900.pdf
Why not mention the other funding sources?
from the report....
FUNDING SOURCES
Bitterroot National Forest (To operate Wilderness Discovery, 1994, 1995)
Colville National Forest (To operate Wilderness Discovery, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Mt. Hood National Forest (To operate Wilderness Discovery, 1994, 1995)
US Department of Labor – Atlanta Job Corps Center (To operate Wilderness Discovery, 1995)
McIntyre-Stennis Program of Forestry Research at US Land Grant Universities, 1994-1999
(support for graduate student research assistants)
US Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service – Div. of Human Resources/Job Corps, 1994-1996 (to
evaluate Wilderness Discovery)
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, 1995-1997
Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Industry Council (OBHIC) – Participating Members, 1998;
to collect and analyze field data, 1998-1999; and establish and Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare
Research cooperative (OBHRC) at UI, 1999-2001
Cooley Associates and Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy, Albany, OR
School of Urban and Wilderness Survival (SUWS), Shoshone, ID
Anasazi Wilderness Therapy, Mesa, AZ
Aspen Achievement Academy, Loa, UT
Redcliff Ascent, Springville, UT
Ascent (CEDU Family Services), Naples, ID
University of Idaho Wilderness Research Center, 1994-2000 (research direction and operational
support)
WILD Foundation, 1994-1999 (technic al and in kind support, travel)
Wilderness Transitions Inc., 1995-1998 (in-kind support, research and data collection expenses)
Here is an independent study overseen by the Western Institute Review board.
http://www.aspenranch.com/outcomes.html
Any link to the actual "study"?...What I'm seeing is Aspen's webpage talking about a study. A study about wilderness programs paid for by a wilderness program.