RENEW YOUR SENSE OF WONDER
Listening Point
Ely, Minnesota
SIGURD OLSON
ENVIRONMENTALIST
CONSERVATIONIST
AUTHOR
“I have discovered in a lifetime of traveling in primitive regions, a lifetime of seeing people living in the wilderness and using it, that there is a hard core of wilderness need in everyone, a core that makes its spiritual values a basic human necessity. There is no hiding it….Unless we can preserve places where the endless spiritual needs of man can be fulfilled and nourished, we will destroy our culture and ourselves.”
— Sigurd Olson, Sierra Club Speech 1965
WHERE INTROSPECTION & CONSERVATION MEET
The Listening Point Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to preserving the physical land known as Listening Point and advancing Sigurd Olson’s wilderness philosophy.
“the personification of the wilderness defender”
Edgar Wayburn, Former Sierra Club President, Northland College
“He made wilderness and life sing.”
George Marshall, Former Sierra Club & Wilderness Society President, Northland College
Community, care, and restoration are part of Sigurd's home, writing shack, along with the 36 acres where the cabin dwells, are delicately cared for by Local community members and volunteers throughout the seasons.
We release a bi-annual newsletter in both physical and digital form. This is the place to learn about all the great things happening within our organization, the surrounding community & hear about the continued impact of Sigurd F. Olson.
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