BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Minnesota Native Plant Society - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mnnps.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Minnesota Native Plant Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20160313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20161106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20170312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20171105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20180311T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20181104T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170722T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170722T153000 DTSTAMP:20170403T161843Z CREATED:20170403T160529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170403T161843Z UID:533-1500719400-1500737400@mnnps.org SUMMARY:Canoeing the Mississippi River: A Return to Weaver Bottoms for Wetland Plant Identification DESCRIPTION:Where: Weaver\, Minnesota\nWhen: Saturday July 22nd\, 2017 (10:30 AM to 3:30 PM)\nLeader: Steve Eggers\, Senior Ecologist for the St. Paul District Corps of Engineers and MNNPS Board Member \nCome join Steve Eggers and other MNNPS members for a day of wetland plant identification canoeing through the unique plant communities of Weaver Bottoms. Weaver Bottoms is located on the Upper Mississippi River within the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. This 5\,500 acre habitat complex includes areas of open water\, flowing channels\, backwater lakes\, isolated wetlands and forested wetlands. \nWe hope to see American lotus in full bloom as well as 9-foot tall wild rice stands since the timing of this trip coincides with the typical peak bloom of lotus. An array of emergent\, floating and submergent aquatic vegetation will be viewed throughout the day at the bottoms. \nTo begin the day we will meet at 10:30 AM at the USFWS boat landing/parking lot just 100 feet east off Highway 61 in Weaver\, MN\, this is just north of where the Whitewater River crosses Highway 61. Participants will need to provide their own canoe. We will be enjoying flat-water canoeing into backwater areas at a nice and slow pace for the day. \nField trips are open to MNNPS members only and pre-registration is required. To register\, send an email to: Ken Arndt URL:https://mnnps.org/event/canoeing-mississippi-river-return-weaver-bottoms-wetland-plant-identification/ LOCATION:Weaver Bottoms\, 57604 Hwy 61\, Altura\, MN\, 55910\, United States CATEGORIES:Field trips ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mnnps.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/weaver-bottoms-20170722.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170730T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170730T130000 DTSTAMP:20170403T161709Z CREATED:20170403T161637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170403T161709Z UID:537-1501405200-1501419600@mnnps.org SUMMARY:St. Wendel Tamarack Bog SNA: A Slog Into a Mosaic of Wetland Plant Communities DESCRIPTION:Where: St. Wendel Tamarack Bog SNA\, St. Wendel Township\, Minnesota (just north of St. Cloud)\nWhen: Sunday July 30\, 2017 (9 AM to 1 PM)\nLeader: Mike Lee\, Plant Ecologist/Botanist with the MN DNR Biological Survey \nCome join Mike Lee and other MNNPS members for part of a day hiking and identifying wetland plants at St. Wendel Tamarack Bog SNA. This SNA is one of the top sites for significant biological diversity in Stearns County as evaluated by the Minnesota County Biological Survey in 1999. The site is a large wetland complex encompassing one of the largest remaining blocks of native vegetation in the county\, including the best and largest example of tamarack swamp in central Minnesota. \nIn addition to the extensive tamarack stands\, the site also contains: rare mixed hardwood seepage swamp\, and a unique boreal spring fen which supports populations of the state threatened sterile sedge and special concern twig rush. The hike will focus on this large fen and will also venture into the surrounding tamarack swamp. Significant acreage of rich fen\, wet meadow\, mixed hardwood swamp\, and shrub swamp also occur. Two shallow lakes\, each named “Swamp Lake”\, with rich aquatic vegetation complete the natural mosaic of this large wetland complex. \nDue to the nature of this hike into several wetland plant communities\, very wet conditions will be encountered. Appropriate footwear is highly recommended with water depths possibly being up to your knees in some places. \nField trips are open to MNNPS members only and pre-registration is required. To register\, send an email to: Ken Arndt URL:https://mnnps.org/event/st-wendel-tamarack-bog-sna-slog-mosaic-wetland-plant-communities/ LOCATION:St. Wendel Tamarack Bog SNA\, Co Rd 4\, St Joseph\, MN 56374\, St Joseph\, MN\, 56374\, United States CATEGORIES:Field trips ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mnnps.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/st-wendel-20170730.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR