Spring Butterfly Trek
2023-05-13 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
This trip is scheduled for May 13 -OR- May 20, depending on weather.
For a dozen years now, Stillwater butterfly enthusiast Dean Hansen has led a day-long trip to look for spring butterflies in the jack pine/oak barrens in northwest Wisconsin’s Burnett County.
This field trip is for members of the MN Native Plant Society only and will be limited to 8 registrants. Contact field trip coordinator Ken Arndt to register: ken.arndt@mnrinc.us
Download the flyer for more information: MNNPS Field Trip – Spring Butterfly Trek May 13 or 20

Tiffany Bottoms Train Ride
2023-09-09 13:00 - 17:00
Where: On Highway 25 about 4.5 miles south of Durand, Buffalo County, Wisconsin
When: Saturday, September 9th, 1-5 p.m.
Leaders: Steve Eggers, Jennifer Kamm
Come join your fellow MNNPS friends on Saturday, September 9th for the unique experience of an open air, antique train ride into an expansive, high quality floodplain forest of the Chippewa River. The event is hosted by the Chippewa Valley Motor Car Association. Enjoy stops with short hikes into floodplain forests, savannas and prairies.
Please see the flyer for more details.
You must be a member of the Minnesota Native Plant Society to participate. Register for this trip by emailing Jennifer Kamm at Jennifer.kamm@stantec.com

Seminary Fen SNA Volunteer Event
2024-03-03 09:00 - 12:00
Please join your fellow MNNPS members in an effort to remove buckthorn that is encroaching on a rare plant population at Seminary Fen SNA on Sunday March 3, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. We will be cutting and treating the buckthorn and stacking the cuttings. We will have plenty of tools for everyone. We will go get coffee when we finish. Download the flyer for further details.
This event is for members of the MN Native Plant Society only and will be limited to 20 registrants. Please register by February 28.
To register for the event, contact Jennifer Kamm at Jennifer.kamm@stantec.com.

Seminary Fen SNA Volunteer Day
2024-04-14 08:00 - 12:00
Please join your fellow MNNPS members in an effort to remove buckthorn that is encroaching on a rare plant population at Seminary Fen SNA on Sunday April 14, 2024, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. We will be cutting and treating the buckthorn and stacking the cuttings. We will have plenty of tools for everyone. We will go get coffee when we finish. Download the flyer for further details.
This event is for members of the MN Native Plant Society only and will be limited to 20 registrants. Please register by April 12.
To register for the event, contact Jennifer Kamm at Jennifer.kamm@stantec.com.

Schueler Wildlife Management Area Field Trip (Rescheduled)
2024-05-04 10:00 - 17:00
Where: Schueler Wildlife Management Area
Located 1 mile north of Rushford, MN west of Highway 43, Fillmore County
When: Recheduled – Saturday May 4th, 2024 (10:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m.)
Leader: Michael Lee, Botanist with Minnesota Biological Survey
Please join your fellow MNNPS Members on a fun field trip to Schueler WMA. The tour will include a rich diversity of spring ephemerals including snow trillium and squirrel corn, as well as rare ferns and sedges, on a large north-facing bluff along Rush Creek. Further details are provided in the flyer: MNNPS – Schueler WMA Field Trip-4May2024
The trip is open to all MNNPS members but pre-registration is required. To register for the event, email Jennifer Kamm at Jennifer.kamm@stantec.com

Tettegouche State Park
2024-07-13 10:00 - 15:00
A day of touring the State Park
Where: Tettegouche State Park 5702 MN-61, Silver Bay, MN 55614
When: Saturday July 13th, 2024 (10:00 AM to 3:00 PM)
Leaders: Kurt Mead, Head Naturalist at Tettegouche State Park, Author of Dragonflies of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and Joe Walewski, Naturalist at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center and lichen expert.
Come join Kurt and Joe for a tour of the Tettegouche State Park where participants will tour part of the Park in the morning followed by lunch on-site (bring your own) and then another walk to other areas of the property.
Participants will meet at 10AM at the Visitor Center at 5702 MN-61 in Silver Bay. As always, this field trip is for members of the MN Native Plant Society only and will be limited to 20 registrants. In the event of potential bad weather, participants will be notified of any changes to the day.
To register for this field trip, email Ken Arndt at ken.arndt@mnrinc.us

Judge C.R. Magney State Park
2024-09-14 10:00 - 14:00
A day of touring the State Park.
Where: Judge C.R. Magney State Park 4051 MN-61, Grand Marais, MN
When: Saturday September 14th, 2024 (10:00 AM to 2:00 PM)
Leader: Chel Anderson, Retired DNR Botanist and Plant Ecologist, Minnesota Biological Survey and co-author of North Shore—A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast.
Come join us as we say goodbye to summer and embrace fall while enjoying the scenic Judge C.R. Magney State Park. The field trip will be led by Chel Anderson and will involve a discussion of local natural history, late summer botany, and the scenery of one of Minnesota’s great State Parks.
Participants will meet at 10AM at the Visitor Center at 4051 MN-61 north of Grand Marais approximately 15 miles. As always, this field trip is for members of the MN Native Plant Society only and will be limited to 10 registrants. In the event of potential bad weather, participants will be notified of any changes to the day.
To register for this event please contact:
Scott Milburn at scott.milburn@mnrinc.us
Download the flyer: MNNPS FIeld Trip Judge C.R. Magney State Park 091424

Rare Plant and Plant Community Phenology at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
2025-07-11 09:00 - 16:00
When: Friday, July 11th from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Where: Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, 2660 Fawn Lake Drive NE, East Bethel, MN 55005
Cost*: $10 for Current Members of the Wetland Professionals Association
$30 for Nonmembers and $10 for students (both include a 1-year WPA membership)
*All money collected goes directly to support the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
Guide: Jason Husveth, Principal Ecologist at Critical Connections Ecological Services (CCES)
Join us for a full day ecological and botanical field trip to the Bison Enclosure area of the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. This is a unique opportunity to visit and botanize the diverse wetlands, prairies, and savannas within the Cedar Creek Bison Enclosure in a year where there will be no bison present. We discuss landscape setting, surficial geology and soils, hydrology, plant community ecology and rare species autecology. Jason will cover the identification of over a dozen rare plant species of the Anoka Sand Plain, including some of the rarest species in the state.
Pre-registration is required. Please see the July 2025 Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve Field Trip flyer for more details and registration information. Space is limited so please reply at your earliest convenience.
