Listening Point at winter's end
(photo by: Jim Brandenburg)

The Listening Point Foundation is proud to announce that the Listening Point property of renowned wilderness author and advocate Sigurd F. Olson has been named to the National Register of Historic Places. Learn More >>

About Us

The Listening Point Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit charitable organization, was established in 1998 and is dedicated to furthering Sigurd Olson's legacy of wilderness education, and preserving Listening Point, the rugged northern Minnesota lakeshore property.

The Listening Point Foundation owns and cares for Listening Point, conducts visits for the interested public, publishes wilderness education materials, and sponsors wilderness educational programs.

If you would like to visit Listening Point, please contact us to arrange a visit.

Dedicated to Sigurd Olson's legacy of wilderness education and to the preservation of Listening Point.

Foundation Leadership

Executive Director

Alanna Dore

Board of Directors

Douglas Wood, Chair
Charles Wick, Vice Chair
Nancy Jo Tubbs, Secretary
Robert K. Olson, President Emeritus
Karen Friedrich, Treasurer
Timothy Barzen
Larry Dolphin
Martin Kellogg
Dr. Paula King
Dr. Mark Peterson
Timothy J. Rudnicki
Richard C. Struck
Bryan Wood

National Advisory Board

Paul Anderson - Bloomington, MN
Dr. David Backes - Milwaukee, WI
John “Jeb” Barzen - Spring Green, WI
Jim Brandenburg - Ely, MN
Ray Christensen - Bloomington, MN
Gary Deason - Flagstaff, AZ
Jon Helminiak - Mequon, WI
Esther Kellogg - St. Paul, MN
Mike Link - Willow River, MN
Vance G. Martin - Boulder, CO
Malcolm McLean - St. Paul, MN
Dr. Michael Nelson - Moscow, ID
Kevin Proescholdt - St. Paul, MN
Clayton Russell - Ashland, WI
Tim Sundquist - Duluth, MN
Robert Treuer - Bemidji, MN
Steve Waddell - Bellbrook, OH
Dave Zentner - Duluth, MN

International & Senior Board of Advisors

Dr. Anne LaBastille, Author/Ecologist - Westport, NY

Dr. Ian Player
, Founder/President, The Wilderness Foundation - Durban, Republic of South Africa



Franco Zunino 
Associazione, Founder/Director General, Associazione Italiana Wilderness - Murialdo (SV), Italy