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Minnesota 4-H offers a variety of activities and experiences for youth to explore the outdoors while learning about wildlife, habitats, the environment and the importance of protecting Minnesota's natural resources. 

Get involved in programs

A line of youth aiming bows and arrows.

Shooting Sports and Wildlife

An adult man with a clipboard wearing a neon yellow safety vest stands next to a youth member wearing a helmet sitting on an ATV.

ATV Safety

Three girls holding a large plank over their heads.

Camps

A close up of someone's feet wearing hiking boots while walking in fall foliage.

Outdoor Skills

Grow your leadership

Group photo of 20 young people and adults under a wooden shelter with a chalkboard that reads "4-H," surrounded by greenery.

4-H Outdoor Wilderness Leadership and Service (OWLS)

Three youth participating in archery.

4-H Outdoor Education Ambassadors

Try these projects

A close up an arrow's quill.

Shooting sports

A boy fishing by a body of water.

Fishing

A group of youth walking outside in a wooded area.

Wildlife and biology management

A girl putting a large red maple leaf in front of her face.

Forest resources

A rock faced cliff next to a large body of water.

Geology

Three boys outside in a long grass area looking at an insect box.

Environmental science

Explore on your own

A girl writing in a journal outdoors.

Choose your outdoor adventure

A group of youth wearing snow gear walking through a snow covered area with trees.

Get Outdoors 4-H Challenge

Curriculum and partner programs

Minnesota 4-H offers a variety of activities and experiences in outdoor education for youth to explore in their classrooms, after-school programs, home-school co-ops and youth groups through our curriculum library and Explore 4-H programs.

Featured curricula

A close up of a girl with a blue backpack walking away from the camera in a wooded area.

Leave No Trace

A boy wearing a yellow rain jacket and boots walking in a wooded area.

Outdoor Safety

A girl in a wooded area outside looking at a stick.

Steppin' Outdoors Activity Guides

Explore 4-H programs

An older gentleman talking to a teen wearing a helmet on an ATV.

ATV Safety

Upcoming events

Contact

Nicole Pokorney, [email protected] 

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