Emergency contact.

We’re always available to help, or to get a message to your student. Contact us at 831 684 9999 or wildlands@wildlandsstudies.com

Please note that issues or emergencies that arise in the field are reported directly to our Wildlands Studies main office. Wildlands Studies will then contact the appropriate parties as necessary.

Because of the intensity and the remoteness of some Wildlands Studies programs, two or three weeks may pass with no access to means of communication. Upon arrival to a program, the instructor will ask students to contact their families via either phone or internet to let them know they arrived safely. Instructors will then try to provide access to phone or internet periodically throughout the course, about once every two weeks, and again, encourage students to contact home. As a field-based program, we will frequently be in places where there is no cell phone coverage or means to charge cell phones and/or have limited internet access for extended periods of time, particularly when we are in the backcountry or at remote research stations. It is typical on our programs for communication with family and friends to occur only once or twice during the entire program. We do strongly encourage students to contact home when phone or email is available because we know your family and friends want to hear from you.

Even when access is available we have found that some students are so caught up in their experience and the activities, that they neglect to contact home. Additionally, sometimes when access to a phone is available, it can often be a public payphone in an area with no cell phone or internet coverage, which may mean that students are not able to talk for long and in some cases may not even get through to their families during the allotted communication time. It is important that when students are given the opportunity, you take the time to contact home and share your experience. It is also very important that family and friends understand that students will have extremely limited communication during the project so that they do not worry about students unnecessarily. The Wildlands Studies office in Santa Cruz, CA will know how to get in contact with students in the case of an emergency back home.

Wildlands Studies
Emergency Contact
Leslie Arutunian
Wildlands Studies
Santa Cruz Office
(831) 684-9999
wildlands@wildlandsstudies.com