As a young man, John Kulish went to the woods because "the books I wanted to read were all in nature's library." John and his wife, Aino, raised their family in the New Hampshire woods, and when the time came to hang up his traps and guns, he became one of the nation's foremost outdoor education instructors at Boston University's year-round Sargent Camp near Peterborough, New Hampshire, conducting courses in nature lore, animals, birds, conservation, and all-season survival.