For many children, opportunities to experience immersive environmental education are simply out of reach. Transportation costs, program fees, and financial barriers often prevent students from participating in experiences that can shape how they see the natural world and their role within it.

That’s where Love the Wild Foundation steps in.

In 2024 and 2025, Love the Wild Foundation sponsored students from across our region to participate in hands-on environmental learning experiences through our partnership programs, including educational visits hosted by Teton Science Schools. Through donor support, we helped cover participation costs, transportation, and chaperone coordination so students from all backgrounds could take part.

These experiences do more than introduce students to science and nature—they help build confidence, curiosity, leadership, and a lasting connection to conservation and stewardship.

At Love the Wild Foundation, we believe every child should have the opportunity to explore, learn, and develop a deeper understanding of the world around them, regardless of financial circumstances.

Your support helps us continue opening these doors for students and expanding access to life-changing environmental education opportunities throughout our communities.

You can learn more about the experiences students participated in below, or make a donation to help sponsor future student programs.

On June 14- 17th, we had 15 students attend Teton Science Schools in Jackson, WY. Our organization partnered with Life University to sponsor these students' trips to learn about nature and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. 7 students came from CA, 7 from ID, and 1 from NC. For many of these students, it was their first time in the Tetons! 


During their time, they hiked 1-2 miles and then searched for macroinvertebrates in the streams, using keys to identify what they found. Then they had a wolf mediation program teaching about the 5 major types of people concerned with the grey wolves in Montana. The next day was all canoeing, which was brand new to most of the group and a fan favorite! In the evening, they went on a wildlife drive where they saw bison, elk, deer, and a variety of bird species. 

Before leaving, the students went out and pulled an invasive species called "cheatgrass". In just 40 minutes of weed pulling, the students managed to pull 102.59 pounds! We estimate their stewardship saved TSS from having 100,000-plus new growths of this invasive species! 

Love the Wild Foundation attended Teton Science Schools for a 4-day program, arriving June 16th and departing June 19th. Participating in this trip were ten 8th to 10th-grade students from Idaho Falls, representing various schools, including Compass Academy, Skyline, White Pine STEM Academy, and Taylorview. We had two chaperones: the project manager, Jadon Schemers, and the teacher volunteer, Sherry Arnone-Wheat.

It was a great time - as close as Idaho Falls is to the Tetons, it was amazing how many of the kids had never been to the park. It was, for many, a life-changing experience, experiencing the great outdoors and learning to Love the Wild.