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Summer Beginning Bird Banding

$2835
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 6282 Cranberry Road, Finland, MN

Open to ages 18+, this seven-day introductory course is designed to provide both amateur birders and professional biologists with the skills necessary to participate in monitoring and research programs involving bird banding.

Summer Advanced Bird Banding

$1785
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 6282 Cranberry Road, Finland, MN

An advanced bird banding class designed to help participants fine-tune their skills. Must be 18+ to enroll.

FREE Open House

Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 6282 Cranberry Road, Finland, MN

Explore what Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center has to offer on this fun filled day! Come join Wolf Ridge Staff at our Free Open House.

Fall Advanced Bird Banding

$1785
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 6282 Cranberry Road, Finland, MN

An advanced bird banding class designed to help participants fine-tune their skills. Must be 18+ to enroll.

Weekends at Wolf Ridge: North Shore Geology Exploration

$390
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 6282 Cranberry Road, Finland, MN

Do you look for interesting rocks on every beach or gravel road and want to discover their story? Are you an agate or Thomsonite seeker? Do you wonder about all those rock faces you see as you drive heading north on Highway 61?

Weekends at Wolf Ridge: Galls, Burls and Brooms of the North Shore

$390
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 6282 Cranberry Road, Finland, MN

Galls, burls, and brooms! Oh my! This workshop will focus on exploring the Lilliputian world of galls, burls, and brooms as well as the plants they grow on.

Weekends at Wolf Ridge: Saw-whet Owl Banding

$390
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 6282 Cranberry Road, Finland, MN

This workshop is a hands-on introduction to fall raptor banding migrating down the Lake Superior corridor. The emphasis will be on Northern Saw-whet owls.

Weekends at Wolf Ridge: Northwoods Fungi

$390
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 6282 Cranberry Road, Finland, MN

Have you ever wondered why some wood turns blue when it rots? Or where all the dead leaves go after each autumn? Or what the moldy cheese in the back corner of your fridge drawer has to do with climate change? 

Weekends at Wolf Ridge: North Shore Native Plant Communities

$390
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 6282 Cranberry Road, Finland, MN

In this workshop we will zoom in and focus on practicing plant identification skills. We will also zoom out and discuss the relationship between these plants and their environment. We will encounter many fascinating plants, some of them carnivorous, some of them mere inches tall at maturity, some with strikingly beautiful flowers, some of them are some of the rarest plants in the state!

Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) Workshop

$280
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center 6282 Cranberry Road, Finland, MN

Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) women's weekend workshops are the best place for women (and girls age 14 and up with a guardian) new to the outdoors to begin their journey to learn outdoor skills. These weekends are filled with a variety of outdoor skill classes, evening programs, campfires and fun! Classes & Registration Instructions […]