This proceedings contains papers, abstracts of papers, and descriptions of professional development workshops at the 1999 International Conference of the Association for Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE). Following conference schedules and session information, substantive entries include: "The 1999 National Outdoor Book Awards"; "Opening Key Note Speaker, John Gans"; "The Use of Assessment in Wilderness Orientation Programs: Efforts To Improve College Student Retention"; "Outdoor Education on the Primary Level"; "You Can Do What with a Cattail?"; "Funding Outdoor Programs"; "Decisions and the Environmental-Adventure Model"; "Students: What's out There for Me?"; "Spinal Assessment Guidelines: Do We Need Full Spinal Mobilization for Everyone Who Takes a Fall?"; "About the Association for Challenge Course Technology"; "Outdoor Recreation, the Total Concept"; "The Psychology of Groups: Why Quality and Impartial Leadership Is Critical to a Group's Success"; "Commitment and Enduring Involvement in Adventure Recreation: A Preliminary Study of Whitewater Paddlers"; "Revisiting the Common Adventure Concept: An Annotated Review of the Literature, Misconceptions and Contemporary Perspectives"; "The Common Adventure Model of Outdoor Programming: Philosophical Foundations, Definition and the Effect of Filtering"; "Mozingo Outdoor Recreation/Education Area"; "Outdoor Equipment Manuals: The Development and Use"; "Case Studies in Wilderness Medicine, the Sequel"; "Thoughts on Risk Management in the Recreation Industry: A Different Perspective"; "Effective Teaching Techniques for Outdoor Education"; "Pricing Adventure Products"; "Dehydration, Heat Stroke, or Hyponatremia? The Recognition, Treatment, and Prevention of Hyponatremia Caused by High Exercise Outdoor Activities"; "Outdoor Programs On-Line: Creating a Link with Participants, Staff and Community"; "Leave No Trace: The New Evolution of Wildland Ethics"; "University & Military Outdoor Programs: State of the Art 1999"; "Situational Leadership"; "The Proposed Expanded Class I System of Rating Rivers"; "Obtaining Institutional Access to Federal Lands"; "Teamwork and Teamplay"; "Managing Field Evacuations"; "Outdoor Program Models: Placing Cooperative Adventure and Adventure Education Models on the Continuum"; and "Software for Outdoor Programs." (SV)