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Meet a salamander, explore the forest, and let your imagination run wild at our nature center or Mud Lake preserve.
Wild Ideas
Explore Wild Bear’s educational resources and discover the magic of nature!
Get Wild
Connect with nature and community through one of our adult or family programs.
Specializing in mountain ecology, Wild Bear welcomes our visitors to its hands-on nature center and provides year-round educational programs for people of all ages.
Now, more than ever, we need nature—and nature needs us.
Reconnect
It’s easy to feel disconnected in our hyper-connected world. Wild Bear is all about helping people connect with nature and each other.
PLAY
Make a fairy house, find a fossil, learn a new bird call … we believe you are never too young or too old to delight in nature.
PROTECT
Connecting people to nature is a vital step in conserving wild places and addressing the climate crisis.
Featured video series
ROOTS AND SUNSHINE SHOW
Get ready for some fun! Visit with Roots and Sunshine and venture out into the snow with Roots to learn about the science of snowflakes! How do they form? What do they need to become a snowflake? How long is their journey?
Once a Wild Bear, Always a Wild Bear. For 25 years, Wild Bear has helped children and adults forge lifelong connections to nature through creative exploration of the outdoors. Specializing in mountain ecology, Wild Bear welcomes visitors to its hands-on nature center and provides year-round educational programs for people of all ages.