After learning how to safely gear up, it's time to climb!

Outdoor office exploration!

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Under the mentorship of trainers, Tree Trust's YouthBuild and Branches participants gear up and ascend to astounding heights.

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Join us for a festive day of fun and service on September 24! #NationalPublicLandsDay . shorturl.at/bgrT9 #NorthernResearchStation , #FSUrbanConnections Northern Research USFS Eastern Region Children's Hospital Let's Go Outdoors Center for Sustainable Communities at Temple NEEF (National Environmental Education Foundation) PrescribeOutsidePhilly

Both scientists and artists are using sound to engage with the more-than-human world and human impacts upon it. The Reverberations exhibit brings together projects and perspectives from across the arts and sciences #FSurbanconnections #Reverberations
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What a great way to kickoff #ThriveOutsideDay in Detroit with @wildernessinquiry Detroit Zoo @rougefriends @frndsofthedetroitrvr @ymcadetroit @detroitparksrec @detroitk12 #fsurbanconnections

This is how we #ThriveOutside in the D! #NationalThriveOutsideDay #FSUrbanConnections

Such a great WFA course this weekend with Detroit and Grand Rapids crews and NOLS #fsurbanconnections #OutdoorsforAll

Canoemobile is in Milwaukee! Thanks to support from Bureau of Land Management - National and USDA Forest Service Wilderness Inquiry & partners are connecting communities to nearby nature.
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📷 - Carly Rhodes

Big Red is back in the D! This YMCA BOLD & GOLD crew will swing through Hiawatha NF for a backcountry trip in Pictured Rocks NL #fsUrbanConnections #OutdoorsforAll Sierra Club Outdoors for All

Excited to start overnight training led by Families in Nature and hosted with Outdoors Empowered #fsurbanconnections Detroit Parks & Recreation YMCA Metro Detroit #ThriveOutside

Wrapping up on the East Coast, #Canoemobile was in D.C. paddling on the Anacostia River w/1,000+ students & community members! Thanks to National Park Trust Blue Star Families 🇺🇸 Nature Valley Thomson Reuters Winnebago Industries USFS Eastern Region Nat. Recreation Found. w/Tom's of Maine #FSUrbanConnections

Another adventure on Big Red with The Boat Bus and Detroit Area teens to visit forests, waters, and ice walls of the UP! Great visits with Northern Michigan University Down Wind Sports Great partners made it happen Detroit Parks & Recreation #FSUrbanConnections

Continuing its travels across the East Coast, #Canoemobile was in New York paddling on the Harlem River w/500+ NYC Public Schools students! Thanks to the many partners & supporters for helping bring Canoemobile to the Bronx. #FSUrbanConnections #EveryoneBelongs USFS Eastern Region NY State Parks

Great summer of our 2021 Wilderness Rangers as they engaged with thousands of visitors - teaching Wilderness Values and Leave No Trace ethics, in partnership with SCA and Trout Unlimited #fsurbanconnections #nordhousewilderness #SCA2021

With support from the USDA Forest Service, we proudly teamed up with Leave No Trace and the MN Valley Natl. Wildlife Refuge for a workshop focused on wilderness ethics in outdoor careers and how to responsibly care for our natural spaces. #FSUrbanConnections
📷 - Alice Bennett

#Canoemobile on the road! Last week in St. Louis at MarkTwain NF students connected to nature & one another! Thanks USDA Forest Service USFS Eastern Region & Job Corps for the great partnership & fostering environmental stewardship in the next generation. #FSUrbanConnections #ThriveOutside

Stories are still coming in but it’s clear that folks enjoyed a special week at Clear Lake Education Center Hiawatha NF and Pictured Rocks NL #FSUrbanConnections Sierra Club Outdoors for All

Thanks to funding from #FSUrbanConnections a young adult Student Conservation Association crew from Chicago are spending the week experiencing the Hoosier National Forest. The highlight of the day was meeting the mule team that assists us with our work in the Deam Wilderness!

What do you do with the season's first snowfall? Learn, play, and explore of course! Enjoy these photos of a Downtown Montessori class field trip to Riverside Park. Thanks to the U.S. Forest Service for their support. #fsurbanconnections #myuec

Rachel representing Detroit Parks & Recreation and sharing Forest Service resources at Detroit Zoo #GreenFest #fsurbanconnections