News & Updates
Development Internship – Applications Open!
The Steger Wilderness Center seeks an intern for non-profit development and fundraising (“Development Intern”) working part time in the Twin Cities in March, April and May 2019 and at the Steger Wilderness Center in Ely, [...]
2019 Summer Residents Program: Applications Open!
We are now accepting applications for the 2019 Summer Residents Program! Live at the homestead and work alongside Will & friends for an unforgettable summer. Apply by April 1, 2019.
Summer Wildlifer Log – Dispatch 12
We put a green roof on the Windfall Cabin! Learn from Assistant Director Jenna Pollard about the history of sod roofs and how we make ours at the Steger Wilderness Center.
Summer Wildlifer Log – Dispatch 11
We remodeled our sauna! After 25 years of use by Center staff and guests, the sauna needed a little TLC. Assistant Director Jenna Pollard shows us all the improvements that SWC residents and Summit Academy students made [...]
Summer Wildlifer Log – Dispatch 10
Follow along as Jenna leads a brand new group of Summit Academy students around the Homestead and shows them our solar array, wood shop, lodge, sauna, and lake village. Along the way we meet three of our dearest [...]
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