Osprey Wilds ELC

Osprey Wilds is a 501(c)(3) public charity, residential environmental learning center, and conference & retreat center nestled on the shores of Grindstone Lake in east-central Minnesota. We are committed to developing an understanding, ethics, and responsibility regarding the environment and stewardship through formal and informal teaching that links nature and humans. We have been providing environmental and outdoor education programs since 1971 and are committed to providing lifelong learning experiences to people of all ages, including programming in natural history and science, team-building, adventure/challenge, wildlife, energy, outdoor skills and human history. 

We strive to make all our classes student‐centered and nature focused. We feel this is critical given the evidence that supports the idea that fostering discovery and learning in the outdoors is effective at creating a lasting connection between the student and their environment. It is our goal that every visitor feels connected to the natural environment and feels that the protection of nature is also the protection of humankind.