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• "Our philosophy was: 'How do we get kids outside?' because kids are no longer outside," Swanson said. "That became our focus."
• Jim Pickard, president of the Outdoor Adventure Center board, said a varied course curriculum could also cover such topics as how to cook wildlife, how to make pottery or how cocoons become butterflies.
• The center, which is an independent community project but is geared to 4-H's programs and needs, is being funded by private donations, grants and membership fees.
• Board members are still hammering out a membership and fee structure, but they expect the center to draw both youth and adults from the state and region.
• Pickard said there will likely be individual, family and veterans categories, and members will be able to choose whether they want access to all of the center's amenities or just some.
• "Hopefully it will be a fee-funded project," he said. "We're catering our structure of fees to try to accommodate everybody as reasonable as we can."
• Swanson said the shooting and archery ranges will be "world-class," and the center plans to hold invitational tournaments for archery and other competitive precision sports. She said the center will complement Yankton's NFAA Easton Archery Complex, which hosts numerous national archery tournaments.
• "Because of our location, we think that we're going to be a great feeder site for the competitions that they have down there," Swanson said.
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