Strengthening women and girls’ confidence in the outdoors -- and life!
Outdoor Women Lead (OWL) reduces barriers women and girls experience in the outdoors.
We offer:
- An Outing Group for Women, participants explore local land preserves and waterways while learning about local natural ecology and getting outside with like-minded women.
- A Summer Camp for Girls. Girls learn outdoor, naturalist, and gardening skills at Milbridge Commons Wellness Park.
- Outdoor Skill-Building Workshops for Women and their Families. Workshops are family-orientated and focus on skills you need to navigate and thrive in outdoor settings successfully.
Imagine the community you want.
Together, we can create it.
OWL is a collaborative project between WHRL and Maine Outdoor School, and is open to anyone for whom “woman” is a meaningful identifier or lived experience.
Outing Group for Women
Are you interested in joining other women on outdoor adventures and learning more about our local natural ecology? This outing group is reserved for women and girls 16+.
Upcoming Outings
We ask that you please leave your dogs at home for OWL hikes.
Please let us know if the gas prices prevent you from participating! Contact lizzie@whrl.org.
“OWL is a life-changing program that has given me strength and education. It’s a great way to meet others.”
“On the OWL hikes, I feel the companionship of hiking with other women and the beauty of nature.”
“OWL is the only group where you can have honest conversations about being a woman in the outdoors without fear of judgment or ridicule that you aren’t exploring or hiking or doing whatever outside activity “right” or “correct.””
Fungi on Catherine’s Mountain
Fungi on Catherine's Mountain
This month's outing is Fungi on Catherine's Mountain. What's spookier than a local ghost story? Not ...
Unique Organisms at Ingersoll Point Preserve
Unique Organisms at Ingersoll Point Preserve
Are you interested in joining other women on outdoor adventures and learning more about our local natural ecology? Join OWL's Outing Group for Women!
This month's outing is Unique Organisms at Ingersoll Point Preserve in Addison. This mossy wo...
Winter Plant ID at Boot Head Preserve
Winter Plant ID at Boot Head Preserve
Are you interested in joining other women on outdoor adventures and learning more about our local natural ecology? Join OWL's Outing Group for Women!
This month's outing is Winter Plant ID at Boot Head Preserve. Learn how to identify plants in...
Outdoor Skill Building Workshops
These workshops are geared towards women and their families, ages 10+. You do not have to have kids to participate.
Wilderness First Aid
Wilderness First Aid
Join us for a two-day OWL skill-building workshop: Wilderness First Aid! November 2-3 from 9 am to 5 pm.
Accidents happen. People get hurt, sick, or lost. The temperature drops, the wind picks up, and it starts to rain. Would you know what to do? Many back-cou...
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Our Mission
To advance and promote the health and well-being of the woman, her family, and her community.
