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Meet Your Guides

Douglas Wagoner

Outdoorsman.

Educator.

Conservationist.

Guide.

Douglas Wagoner is Green Earth Outdoors owner and principal adventure guide. There are few people who can match Douglas’s lifetime of outdoor experience —when you’re on a trip with him, you’re in the hands of a true wilderness expert. An inspiring educator, he has an unparalleled passion for sharing the outdoors with people of all ages and experience levels. From mentoring the young to challenging the not so young, he is heartening to all. A well traveled adventurer, he’s a master of terrain in all climates, seasons and conditions. Whether it’s hiking along a remote backcountry trail, paddling across a crystal clear wilderness lake or climbing the snowy slopes of a high mountain peak he’s been there and is ready to share with you the beauty and joy of the natural world. Some highlights of his outdoor experience include:

  • Lifelong adventurer
  • 1,000+ nights primitive camping
  • 5,000+ backpacking miles
  • 1,000+ miles canoeing
  • Eagle Scout
  • Scout Leader and Trainer for the BSA for 20+ years
  • Wilderness First Responder
  • Leave No Trace Master Educator/Instructor
  • Leave No Trace State Advocate since 2002
  • ACA Certified Canoe Instructor and Trip Leader
  • Guiding and expedition planning since 1991

When you’re on a Green Earth Outdoors adventure, Douglas is your wilderness concierge, ready to help in every way to ensure your journey is a memorable experience while looking out for your comfort and well being. He takes care of all the details, from creating a personalized itinerary to making sure you’re well fed and having fun. A practitioner of Leave No Trace Outdoor Ethics and recognized for his conservation work with the Hornaday Gold Badge, Douglas ensures that each trip is a responsible and sustainable adventure by minimizing its carbon footprint on the environment.


Matt May

Explorer.

EMT.

Instructor.

Guide.

Matt May has spent most of his life exploring the outdoors. Whatever the challenge, he wants to try it! During his time as an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan, Matt worked in summer camps and guided travel trips. After graduation he worked full time helping run the Indiana University Outdoor program. In the mid 1990’s, Matt moved overseas to study in the prestigious Graduate Program in Outdoor Education at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He earned instructor certifications in mountain leadership, rock climbing, orienteering, kayaking and canoeing. He is also a Wilderness EMT and SOLO Schools Wilderness Medicine Instructor. Matt has traveled extensively throughout the lower 48 and Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Africa, Great Britain and the Middle East.


Matt Douthitt

Leader.

Sailor.

Craftsman.

Guide.

Matt Douthitt calls Louisville, Kentucky his home but his love for the outdoors was formed in the Great Smokey Mountains where his heart will forever remain. His greatest satisfaction is sharing outdoor experiences with others. He enjoys the outdoors in many forms, but notably backpacking, sailing, cycling, and Frisbee golf. When not adventuring, Matt enjoys the writings of John Muir and trying his hand at book-making. Matt is a former program leader with Jefferson Memorial Forest, a Wilderness First Responder and an American Canoe Association Canoe Instructor.


Alisa Meyer

Skier.

Paddler.

Caregiver.

Guide.

Alisa Meyer has a great love for the outdoors, whether it’s a cold January day skiing in a fresh blanket of snow or taking a hike on a warm summer day. Alisa believes that there is no better place to be than outside. In the winter months you will find her at a local ski resort teaching snowboarding. She is also a member of the National Ski Patrol where she is a Certified Outdoor Emergency Caregiver, AIARE Avalanche certified, Wilderness First Responder, Leave No Trace Trainer and an American Canoe Association Canoe Instructor. The rest of the year you will find her hiking, mountain biking or backpacking in the backcountry. All year long you will find her outside sharing her outdoor passion with others.


Rick Tur

Explorer.

Thinker.

EMT.

Guide.

Rick Tur got started in the outdoors at age 5 while family backpacking along a section of the Appalachian Trail and has been mentally outdoors ever since.  Whether mountain biking, backpacking or paddling, he is happiest when he is in the backcountry.   Over the last 15 years he has spent a significant portion of that backcountry time in the southern Rockies and the high desert of Utah and Colorado.  A theoretical mathematician by education (don’t let this scare you, he’s actually a joy to be around), his primary love is in the outdoors and guiding people young and old to areas of the country that he has been so fortunate to spend the better part of his life in.  A Wilderness EMT/First Responder and a Leave No Trace Trainer, Rick looks out for both his clients and the environment. 

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