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Outdoor Education Adventures offers environmental education programs, camps, nature walks, school field trips, enrichment programs, and all-ages events that focus on time outside in nature. The program includes activities and games that strengthen observational skills, build self reliance and social skills, and increase knowledge of local plants, animals, and ecosystems. It also offers field trips and classroom programs with hands-on activities that encourage investigation and discovery with the natural world, as well as in-class nature programs that focus on hands-on learning.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
Outdoor Education Adventures offers Nature Preschool at Maple Grove, an early childhood outdoor education program with an inquiry-based curriculum that emerges from students’ curiosity and motivation. It also offers Nature Play Adventures for preschoolers and their adult playmates, nearly forty days of camp adventures for ages 5–12, and nature-based educational programs for youth and adults, with opportunities available for all ages (0–100+). Outdoor Education Adventures is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization that uses an honor-system based, sliding scale financial assistance program and focuses primarily on educating children while welcoming people of all ages. The organization specializes in creating intimate relationships with nature and encourages curiosity and creativity as well as getting dirty and having fun.
Outdoor Education Adventures started as Watershed Education Adventures (WEA) in 2012 by Theresa Crain, and in 2015 Neyssa Hays joined WEA. Early in 2017, Theresa and Neyssa created Outdoor Education Adventures, LLC, and in 2020 the organization began transitioning to a nonprofit, adding a Board of Directors. In October 2020, the IRS declared Outdoor Education Adventures exempt from federal income tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Outdoor Education Adventures’ mission is: Through nature immersion, exploration, and discovery it increases scientific literacy, knowledge of local natural history and ecology, and inspires ecological stewardship in communities.
In 2015, the team received the Frieda L Miller Conservation Educator Award from the Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District and has received grants from the Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund, Spirit Mountain Community Fund, and the Oregon Wildlife Foundation. Outdoor Education Adventures regularly partners with organizations in Yamhill County, including the Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District, the Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund, McMinnville Parks and Recreation, and school districts around the county.
Last updated July 13, 2026.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
Outdoor Education Adventures offers Nature Preschool at Maple Grove, an early childhood outdoor education program with an inquiry-based curriculum that emerges from students’ curiosity and motivation. It also offers Nature Play Adventures for preschoolers and their adult playmates, nearly forty days of camp adventures for ages 5–12, and nature-based educational programs for youth and adults, with opportunities available for all ages (0–100+). Outdoor Education Adventures is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization that uses an honor-system based, sliding scale financial assistance program and focuses primarily on educating children while welcoming people of all ages. The organization specializes in creating intimate relationships with nature and encourages curiosity and creativity as well as getting dirty and having fun.
Outdoor Education Adventures started as Watershed Education Adventures (WEA) in 2012 by Theresa Crain, and in 2015 Neyssa Hays joined WEA. Early in 2017, Theresa and Neyssa created Outdoor Education Adventures, LLC, and in 2020 the organization began transitioning to a nonprofit, adding a Board of Directors. In October 2020, the IRS declared Outdoor Education Adventures exempt from federal income tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Outdoor Education Adventures’ mission is: Through nature immersion, exploration, and discovery it increases scientific literacy, knowledge of local natural history and ecology, and inspires ecological stewardship in communities.
In 2015, the team received the Frieda L Miller Conservation Educator Award from the Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District and has received grants from the Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund, Spirit Mountain Community Fund, and the Oregon Wildlife Foundation. Outdoor Education Adventures regularly partners with organizations in Yamhill County, including the Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District, the Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund, McMinnville Parks and Recreation, and school districts around the county.
Last updated July 13, 2026.
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