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The Forest Next Door

Since 2013, the Urban Wilderness Program has been partnering with schools and organizations to provide students of all backgrounds with truly unique, hands-on experiences such as boat building, canoeing, and campfire cooking. Participants learn new skills, grow as a team, and gain an appreciation of nature through personal connection.

 
 

  • The Urban Wilderness Program has provided my students with lifelong team-building strategies, teaching them resilience, perseverance and the ability to collaborate.

    BARBARA CULBERTSON | KILGOUR SCHOOL TEACHER

  • The student interactions, cooperation and goal setting cannot be replicated inside the classroom.

    COLLEEN EPPERSON | SCIENCE TEACHER, HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

  • The Urban Wilderness Program gets kids out of the classroom for real-world, nature-based experiences—while providing support to schools that makes it easy.

    KRISTA TAYLOR | MERCY MONTESSORI PRINCIPAL

  • The Urban Wilderness Program equips urban youth to go on their own adventures, and gives them a curiosity and confidence around things that would otherwise be foreign to them.

    JACOB TOWNER | CLARK MONTESSORI TEACHER

LATEST NEWS

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Succesful Staff Training In Minneapolis
Succesful Staff Training In Minneapolis

Urban Wilderness prepares to expand its outreach to Minneapolis as new staff members participate in a canoe build.

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Students Disconnect From Phones and Connect With Nature
Students Disconnect From Phones and Connect With Nature

"They were able to disconnect from the constant stream of feeds and connect to the rhythm of the natural world and themselves as an imperative part of it."

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Daily Herald: Chicago News
Daily Herald: Chicago News

News article from Chicago’s Daily Herald touches on upcoming boatbuild with Waukegan students and our partnership with The Center for Conservation Leadership.

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Inquire

If you have questions about anything—or would simply like to learn more about the Urban Wilderness Program—please get in touch. Our staff is always happy to chat.