To adventure outdoors is to discover something new, to unlock hidden potential, and to build deeper connections. From the shores of Lake Superior to the mountains of New Zealand, there are no barriers to where the spirit of adventure can take you, and Wilderness Inquiry is ready to be your guide. Join us in 2024 to find your next adventure! ➡ https://bit.ly/WI-Trips #EveryoneBelongs
Wilderness Inquiry
Travel Arrangements
Saint Paul, Minnesota 2,059 followers
Outdoor adventures for all ages, backgrounds, identities, and abilities since 1978.
About us
Wilderness Inquiry connects people of all ages, backgrounds, identities, and abilities to shared outdoor adventures so that all people can equitably experience the benefits of time spent in nature. Through outdoor adventures and programs designed for both individuals and groups, we inspire personal growth, enhanced awareness of the environment, and community belonging.
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http://www.wildernessinquiry.org
External link for Wilderness Inquiry
- Industry
- Travel Arrangements
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1978
- Specialties
- Wilderness Trips, Outdoor Travel, Canoeing, Sea Kayaking, Hiking, Group Trips, and Outdoor Education
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1611 County Rd B West
Suite 315
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55113, US
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33095 Little Sand Bay Rd
Bayfield, WI 54814, US
Employees at Wilderness Inquiry
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Canoemobile is excited to be in Atlanta! Looking forward to paddling with our partners at the Chattahoochee Nature Center, Inc. over the next two weeks!
Senior Director of Learning and Engagement 🌿 Leading a vision for environmental education through interpretive programming, community partnerships, and authentic outdoor experiences.
Our Chattahoochee Nature Center, Inc. team is thrilled to welcome Wilderness Inquiry Canoemobile to the Chattahoochee River again this year. 🛶🛶🛶 For the next two weeks, we’ll be paddling with our community in amazing 10-person canoes, connecting people of all background and abilities with our watershed through this unique and engaging partnership. We are excited to host Catalyst Sports, Cancer Support Community, Los Niños Primero, Fulton County Government, and hundreds of metro-Atlanta students, too! This project was made possible by an award from the National Park Service and National Parks Trust, and by the support of Smurfit Westrock. 🙌 You’re invited to join us! We are hosting a special morning with Blue Star Families on Saturday November 2 and a CNC community day, open to all, on Tuesday November 5! See you on the river!
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We’re honored to have Pete LuPiba, founder of the Purple Star Schools movement, join us in Dayton, OH alongside Blue Star Families and Mad River Local Schools, to foster a culture of welcome and belonging for youth from military families — in schools, communities, and the outdoors. Thanks Pete, for your leadership and service in Ohio and across the 40+ states that have received the Purple Star Schools designation to support military-connected children! #MilitaryFamiliesOutdoors
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Proud to work alongside so many innovative partners - thanks for highlighting this important work! And we look forward to more collaboration and welcoming the Children & Nature Network to the Twin Cities next year for their annual conference.
Wilderness Inquiry has created an innovative summer Outdoor Credit Recovery Program that brings together teachers, National Park Service education rangers and outdoor leaders. Together, they’re helping St. Paul, Minnesota, high school students earn credits and stay on track to graduate — through experiential learning and adventures in the outdoors. This summer, students got to spend eight days on and around the Mississippi River, participating in everything from simulated historic land treaties with Owámniyomni Okhódayapi Dakota tribal leaders to bumble bee counts with Great River Greening. “For a lot of kids, learning science or math in the classroom, where it’s not applied to something in the real world, feels useless,” says Tracy Larson of Wilderness Inquiry. “When students are able to put their hands in an experience, that’s when it clicks, and they say, ‘Oh, that’s why that matters.’” In our latest #FindingNatureNews, Larson shares how outdoor credit recovery students are surpassing national benchmarks for social-emotional learning. Hit the link in bio to read all about it 🐝 https://bit.ly/3YdCD9e Saint Paul Public Schools Minnesota Department of Education Great River Greening Owámniyomni Okhódayapi #FindingNatureNews #WildernessInquiry #OutdoorLearning #OutdoorLearningEnvironment #Outdoors #CreditRecovery #HandsOnLearning #ChildrenAndNature
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Exciting news for military families! Our #MilitaryFamiliesOutdoors program now has a new webpage! Together with our partners Blue Star Families, National Park Service, Healthy Parks Healthy People, National Park Service Youth & Young Adult Programs, Armed Services YMCA Killeen, and Armed Services YMCA Twentynine Palms we're proud to connect military families to outdoor adventures and resources designed to build community with nature and one another. Learn more about the program and how we're getting outdoors with military families at the link below! ⬇
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Canoemobile made its way to Detroit last week to connect over 400 students and community members to the outdoors by paddling on Lake Okonoka! Thank you to our partners at USDA Forest Service, Friends of the Detroit River, and Detroit Outdoors for helping to bring #Canoemobile to Detroit for another year. #FSUrbanConnections 📷 - Hannah Robar, Mark Messer, and Amoreina Espinosa
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As a part of Blue Star Families Welcome Week, we are excited to engage with over 400 military participants and their families across the Midwest and the East Coast! We recently paddled with families in Ohio and Illinois and sent out 500 Welcome Week Kits to Blue Star Families Chapters all across the country - designed to acquaint new families with #MilitaryFamiliesOutdoors opportunities and provide materials and encouragement for families to spend time together outside. Thanks to our partners at Blue Star Families and National Park Service for helping us connect military families to the outdoors. 📷 - Loren O'Brien
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Celebrate the past, present, and future of wilderness advocacy this weekend! Join us and Save the Boundary Waters for the "60 Years WILD" celebration on Public Lands Day, Saturday, September 28 at Como Lake in St. Paul! 🛶 We are commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act - which helped establish the #BoundaryWaters, a cornerstone destination of Wilderness Inquiry's accessible adventures. Enjoy light bites, live music, and a panel discussion. Register at the link below!
60 YEARS WILD - Twin Cities
savetheboundarywaters.org
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#Canoemobile is in Milwaukee this week alongside partners USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, as we paddle on Lake Michigan with more than 300 students from local area schools! Joining us for programming were the Forest Service's Regional Forester Tony Dixon, representatives from the Bureau of Land Management, and our Executive Director Erika Rivers. Partnership is key to building outdoor connections with communities. Thanks to the USDA Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management for their continued engagement with Canoemobile! #FSUrbanConnections
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Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday for the 14th Annual Great River Race! We raised over $190,000 to fund outdoor opportunities for youth and families across Minnesota and beyond. The #MNGreatRiverRace wouldn’t have been possible without our community of donors, volunteers, and sponsors - THANK YOU! There's still time to donate! Visit the Great River Race page below to help support our amazing #Canoemobile program and to see the race results from Saturday. ➡️ www.greatriverrace.org Premier Sponsor: The Minnesota Star Tribune Presenting Sponsors: Cargill Mikayla McCarvel Family Nature Valley Thomson Reuters Winnebago Industries Race Sponsors: Ann Bancroft Foundation Arctic Wolf Ascentek Chandler Inc. DuBois Family Fischer Family FS Foundation Grady Family Harding High School Higgins Family Huntington National Bank and Faegre Drinker Lakewinds Food Co-op Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP LimnoTech Olsen Family Pearson-Forero Family Pelican Leadership Academy Polaris Inc. Race Judicata Ryan Companies US, Inc. Sawmill Trust Company Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) Spencer Family UCare Ulvestad Family Wiha Tools 📷 - Nora West, Pip Boucher, Samantha Ellsworth
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