We are proud to announce our partnership with Blue Star Families 🇺🇸 and the creation of our Military Families Outdoors program! Read more about our partnership and new program at the link below!
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We're proud to continue our partnership with National Park Foundation's ParkVentures program to increase access to outdoor spaces & activities. Accessible outdoor adventures are core to our mission, & we look forward to working with more communities to build connections to the outdoors!

The votes are in...
CONGRATULATIONS to our 2023 Photo Contest winners!

FIRST PLACE 🥇 - Suzanne T.
SECOND PLACE 🥈 - Christine W.
THIRD PLACE 🥉 - Eric L.

Weren't able to join the fun this year? Head to our site to book your next adventure & be eligible for next year's contest!

Honored to receive the Wilderness Partnership Champion Award from USDA Forest Service! This national recognition highlights our partnership impact w/the Forest Service Urban Connections program & our work to build awareness & access to outdoor education. USFS Eastern Region
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2023 is almost over & what a year it's been! We are proud to share highlights that show the power of connection & community — all made possible by the people & partners we paddle alongside. Thank you! Read our complete 2023 Year in Review below!
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A Wilderness Inquiry adventure is so much more than a trip, and there is no one better to tell that story than the people who explore with us. Join us in 2024 to share and experience the impact. Proudly produced by Noble and their partners! youtu.be/RqTtpeeFNEs?si…

Our Fall #Canoemobile Tour recently returned after building connections across 35+ communities in 13 states and directly engaging more than 15,000+ youth and families in inclusive outdoor education and recreation experiences. Wow! Read all about it below!
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Accessibility in the outdoors is central to the Wilderness Inquiry mission. See what our Executive Director Erika Rivers has to say about investing in accessibility and the benefits that brings to everyone. ➡️ bit.ly/40AoQuq

Thank you Wilderness Inquiry and National Park Service for partnering with us for another successful Canoemobile event this year! 🛶🌊 #Canoe mobile #WildernessInquiry #Canoe #Paddling #WashingtonDC #Maryland #TrustTuesday

Thank you Rep. Betty McCollum for the leadership in this important work and championing an innovative partnership that builds connections among military families. Read more from our time in D.C. with Blue Star Families 🇺🇸 ➡️ bit.ly/3FErlC6

We brought a crash course on the Boundary Waters to Osseo Education Center with Wilderness Inquiry, last week.
'The goal is to give students the opportunity to learn and try out new skills in a familiar, inclusive space with their mentors.'
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Funded by MN ENRTF.

Excited to join Blue Star Families 🇺🇸 in D.C. as we marked a growing partnership to connect service members & their families to outdoor activities that support positive health & well-being. Thanks to National Park Service & Defense Health Agency for their support & to Rep. Betty McCollum for her leadership

This August, we held our first Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Day Camp for youth, where participants got to grow and learn outdoors for three days. Check out the MPR News highlight of the camp at the link below! ⬇️ #EveryoneBelongs

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📷 Riss Leitzke

On #WorldTourismDay , we're proud to share an article by #YALI2023 #MandelaFellow Mr Chairman. During his PDE, he worked with Wilderness Inquiry, an organization working to make the outdoors accessible for everyone: mwfellows.info/452a5kk Educational & Cultural Affairs—U.S. Dept. of State @USembassyKenya

#Canoemobile is in Cloquet MN paddling the St. Louis River! Thanks to members from MN ENRTF for joining us & for the partnership that has helped connect 65,000+ MN youth to environmental learning on waterways across the state! #EveryoneBelongs #mnenrtf

We're proud to welcome & host Mr Chairman from Kenya, a #YALI2023 #MandelaFellow . Brian’s org —Strong Spine Foundation — invests in and supports disability advocacy & awareness, values that are also central to the Wilderness Inquiry mission.

What happens on my book retreats with Wilderness Inquiry?? We squeeze some hiking, noshing & camping in between A LOT of talk about books.
It's so much fun!
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33 years ago today, the Americans with Disabilities Act became law. This historic civil rights law is central to our mission in making sure that #EveryoneBelongs in the outdoors. Learn more about the opportunities we provide at wildernessinquiry.org
#ThanksToTheADA #ADA33

Join us and our great partner Kerri Miller on our fall reading adventure to the Apostle Islands! Spots are limited, so make sure to sign up soon!
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Very excited to join philanthropy, policy, & program partners in support of the Outdoor Equity Network & work to deliver positive youth outcomes through equitable outdoor access.