Pete Smerud, the executive director of Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, spoke with MPR host Cathy Wurzer about how the Margaret A. Cargill (MAC) Lodge is now a “living building,” making it the first renovation project of its kind in the world to receive the highest environmental certification: full Living Building Challenge certification from the […]

Peter Harris, a long-time member of the Wolf Ridge staff, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Minnesota Association for Environmental Education – MAEE  for his long-term, outstanding service and contribution to the field of environmental education in Minnesota. Peter’s work in the environmental education field has had large-scale, long-term impact in Minnesota and across the country. […]