Participants from 23 states and 4 Canadian provinces attended the Fourth National Conference on Outdoor Education sponsored by the Outdoor Education Project and the Council on Outdoor Education and Camping of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. The conference was primarily a working conference designed to deal with educational issues, problems, and challenges pertinent to outdoor education in the 1970's. Study committee and task force reports will not be completed until the end of the council's current year of operation. Summaries of study group deliberations are included in this report in the areas of outdoor education for inner-city schools, professional preparation, school site development, work-learn experiences for older youth, outdoor education for environmental quality, goals for outdoor education, and research and evaluation. A list of participants is appended. (JH)