Wilderness Field Station

Are you ready to get the most out of a wilderness experience?

Imagine that you are sampling aquatic organisms in an ecosystem where the water is so clean you can actually drink it straight from the lake! Imagine you are working on your Writing Wilderness essay, propped against a rock looking up a lake where the forest stretches unbroken for miles and you see no human sign, and hear no human sound! Imagine you satisfy your lab science requirement studying island biogeography on a 10-day canoe trip into the unfragmented wilderness of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Imagine you are describing the evolving dynamics of your own group in your journal around a campfire, as wolves howl in the distance. Imagine you are taking a class at the Coe College Wilderness Field Station.

The Wilderness Field Station is a unique summer program of field study in the Superior National Forest in Northern Minnesota. All classes are very small and personal, with no more than eight students per instructor. Students stay in our rustic lodging while at the Field Station, integrating lectures and laboratory investigation with frequent canoe outings. Once prepared, each class takes a lengthy canoe camping trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and/or Quetico Provincial Park to learn more about their academic topic .

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