Updates & Stories
Our favorite places to get outdoors
Check out where our staff love to spend time outdoors! Where are your favorite places to get outside? GO EXPLORE!… Read More
Before we get outdoors
What does it take to develop a park program? Who is making our parks and open spaces possible? This ‘behind the… Read More
Recreating Conservation
By: Kou Yang A giant has fallen. It lays across the width of a river. Erosion, beavers, or—simply—time may have been… Read More
Bridges and bugs
By: Erika Birnbaum… Read More
Flower Power
By: Aimee Junget As our crew has been romping around the woods picking garlic mustard, spraying vetch, and surveying habitats, I have been drawn to… Read More
Where are they now? Kristi Monsour
“Late nights around campfires, long rides in vans without air conditioning full of smelly people and random moments around camp is where all the magic… Read More
Civics lessons with a side of Garlic Mustard
On a gorgeous May afternoon, a group of youth are gathered around picnic tables at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis. At… Read More
New blogger: Alyson Eversman
Name: Alyson Eversman Crew: Martin SWCD Hometown: Fairmont, MN College (if attended): Northwestern College Favorite food: Popcorn Hobbies: Reading, writing, hammocking Favorite outdoor… Read More
Learning to lead
By: Lauren Waldrip Things are moving pretty quickly as Youth Outdoors wraps up their spring term. The last-day banquet for youth crews takes place in… Read More
A part of history
By: Erika Birnbaum Up on the northern point of Minnesota is the Grand Portage Reservation. Within the reservation is a National… Read More