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SageWalk Wilderness

Closed Redmond, Oregon

At a glance

Address: 1116 SW Obsidian Ave, Redmond, OR 97756
Operated: 1997 to 2009
Operator: Aspen Education Group

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SageWalk Wilderness was a program in Redmond, Oregon, operated by Aspen Education Group. It operated from 1997 to 2009.

1 incident on record
12 staff members named

Incidents on record

October 20, 2009 Death

A Lake County, OR Sheriff's Deputy believes the death of a 16-year-old Portland boy attending SageWalk Wilderness School was a homicide resulting from criminal mistreatment and reckless endangerment by the school; no charges had been filed as of this report and the investigation was continuing.source

Staff

Administration

Mike Bednarz

Executive Director (2009)source
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Brian Rossiter

Program director
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- Ascent Wilderness Program Program Director (1997)
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- Second Nature Cascades executive director
- Ascent Wilderness Therapy program director
- Phoenix Outdoor program director
- King George School program director
- Second Nature exec director
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Larry Solie

Executive director
Elsewhere in the industry
- Bridges Boys Academy executive director

Notable staff

Sarah Casson

Director of Admissions (2007)source
Alexander MacDonald

Clinical director
Elsewhere in the industry
- CEDU Family of Services
Blaine Fisher

Field director
Elsewhere in the industry
- WinGate Wilderness Therapy program director
Cindy Fogel

Therapist
Elsewhere in the industry
- Spring Ridge Academy therapist
- Obsidian Trails Outdoor Schools therapist
- Second Nature Cascades
Don Thompson

Lead instructor
Elsewhere in the industry
- blueFire Wilderness Therapy admissions counselor
- J Bar J Youth Services community outreach coordinator
Guy LeGuyonne

Admissions director
Elsewhere in the industry
- Academy at Sisters Marketing and Admissions Coordinator, Admissions (2008-2009)
Mark Wardle

Wilderness operations
Elsewhere in the industry
- Distant Drums Beginnings Founder (2007)
- The Wardle Home cofounder
- Skyline Journey cofounder
- RedCliff Ascent field director
- On Track Wilderness Program field director
Scott Fitzwater

Therapist
Elsewhere in the industry
- NorthStar Center Program Director (2007)
WIllow Huffine

Nurse
Elsewhere in the industry
- Second Nature Cascades psychologist
- Bridges Boys Academy clinical director
- Second Nature psychologist

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Ownership

Aspen Education Group operator

Documents

From the Unsilenced archive

97 documents about SageWalk Wilderness that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: Sagewalk Wilderness.

Documents (97)

Wiki entries

SageWalk Wilderness Redmond, OR | 1997-2009

Reporting this program

This program closed in 2009, so the state agency that licensed it can no longer act against it. Other channels may still be able to: the boards that license the people who worked here, law enforcement, and the civil courts.

The Oregon reporting channels list each one and what it can do. Time limits depend on the state, the kind of harm and the survivor's age, and many states have lengthened or removed them for child sexual abuse, so a program closing long ago does not by itself mean it is too late. Laws change, so the time limits we list were correct when we checked them but may have been updated since; a lawyer can tell you where things stand now.