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Wild River Academy, a trip on the Minnesota River

9/18/2015

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It was a beautiful weekend to be on the Minnesota River for Wild River Academy and their lucky paddlers who signed up to travel with them into Granite Falls. From their website www.wildriveracademy.com - "Wild River Academy provides educational canoe trips for schools and organizations. Trips stop along the route to interact with environmental organizations, community members, farmers, and naturalists. This experiential learning opportunity not only enhances outdoor skills, it exposes participants to the social and natural environment in their watershed, encouraging a sense of peace and place.  Every fall, Wild River Academy organizes a group of young adults to paddle a major river in the U.S. to engage K-12 students in watershed education through an online interface. This educational model is called Adventure Learning: students learn about a local watershed alongside expeditioners even though they are not physically present on the expedition." Thanks to Kiwanis, Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization and Willie's Korner Store for their donations that helped the chamber host them the weekend of Sept. 12 and 13th and Sunday's picnic in Memorial Park.  This group will be back again to help us plan a great relationship with the river on October 2, Meander Friday Night.  We have a great opportunity to make more of our unique location along the Minnesota River!

The group will continue their trip along the entire Minnesota River, stopping to learn and teach in each town and location along the way. 

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