Outdoor Groups

Indiana Outdoor Groups

While we hope that you will participate in Pay It Forward Now programs here in Indiana, there are many other organizations that stand ready to help with your next outdoor adventure and get you “off the couch”. Here are a few:

Revere’s Riders Pheasants Forever Central Indiana Wilderness Club Hoosier Canoe and Kayak Club

Revere’s Riders

Revere’s Riders is a 501C3 non-profit, affiliated with the Civilian Marksmanship Program, National Rifle Association, and NV Firearms Coalition. We have over a hundred volunteers across the nation who actively promote traditional marksmanship, American history, and civic engagement.

Pheasants Forever Central Indiana Chapter

Pheasants Forever and the Central Indiana Chapter (#642) are dedicated to the conservation of pheasant, quail, and other wildlife through habitat improvement, education, and land management programs. The primary goals of our chapter are to protect, restore, and enhance wildlife habitat through our Habitat Program, to offer reasonably priced seed for habitat improvement through our Seed Program, and to develop and foster youth conservation education through our Youth Program.

Central Indiana Wilderness Club

Founded in 1982, the Central Indiana Wilderness Club (CIWC) is a non-profit volunteer-run club organized for the purpose of providing affordable wilderness adventures. Based in central Indiana, our activities include backpacking, car camping, day hiking, bicycling, canoeing, kayaking, rafting and cross-country skiing.

Hoosier Canoe and Kayak Club

Hoosier Canoe and Kayak Club (HCKC) holds paddling events on rivers throughout Indiana all year long as well as training sessions and year-round practice in an indoor pool.

Additional Indiana Outdoor Groups

There are many more outdoor-oriented groups in Indiana whose events we aren’t able to easily pull into our online calendar. These are still worthwhile groups that put on quality events:

National Outdoor Groups

There are also a great many national outdoor organizations that sponsor quality outdoor events in other parts of the country. If you’re looking to embark on a “grand adventure” outside of the state of Indiana, take a look at the websites of these additional organizations for ideas:

Latest News

Pay It Forward Now is Growing!10/04/2018 - 10:04 am
We have helped get a group going in Colorado. Darren Turner has stepped up and is leading the group. They are in the Denver Area and have already done several events with several more coming up. He can be reached at darenturner73@gmail.com or 720-849-9326.
Art of Manliness: How to Get Your Kids to Love Nature09/20/2017 - 9:42 am
If you haven’t visited the Art of Manliness website yet, I would encourage you to do so. The site is jam-packed with articles relating to the positive aspects of traditional “manliness”. Many of those articles (unsurprisingly) have a focus on nature and being outdoors. A recent post titled “How to Get Your Kids to Love […]
Event Report: Boones Pond Canoe Training (September 2017)09/10/2017 - 4:01 pm
We had a great day on the water. We had 6 mentors and mentees from Shepperd Community. They do a great job of helping at risk youth. We showed up at Boones Pond in Lebanon at 10 AM. The weather was sunny with a slight breeze. We started with a 15 minute lesson on the […]