Megan Phillips, farm manager at Chewonki, makes her way around Sal's stall. Weighing in at 1,900 pounds, Sal is Chewonki's resident draft horse used for a variety of tasks around the farm including tilling, mowing, and moving lumber.

Christina Roach, 31, of Sunrise, Florida, and Kevin Mack, 27, of Strong Island, N.Y., along with other Chewonki wilderness leaders, listen as Doug Soholt of Wiscasset, at right, talks about the most efficient way to pack food as the group prepares for its training exercises a week before campers arrive.

Chewonki founder C.E. Allen is seen in a photograph from the mid 1960s.

Wilderness leaders prepare to depart on a trip in the "Pack Out" area of Chewonki.

Hilary Crowell, assistant farm manager at Chewonki in Wiscasset, buries a floating row cover to help protect a patch of rutabaga while working on the farm.

Arthur Nerzig, at left, on roof, of ReVision Energy, talks with his colleagues on the ground, Jared Palmer and Dustin Reynolds, as they install solar panels on the barn at Chewonki's farm.

Megan Phillips stretches out electric fencing in a field behind the farm at the school to help keep animals fenced in.

Greg Shute, director of outdoor programs at Chewonki, talks about the different types of canoes the school has as he prepares wilderness leaders to take campers out on their own.