Monthly programs

Presented by: Joe Walewski, Wolf Ridge Naturalist and Interim Program Director. The recorded Zoom meeting is available on the Videos page. Exploring lichens - the ultimate model of symbiosis and community - opened a world that forever changed Joe's life.

Presented by: Dr. Lee Frelich, Director of the Center for Forest Ecology, University of Minnesota. The recorded Zoom presentation is available on the Videos page. Jumping worms are a group of invasive earthworms (Amynthas spp.) known for their leaping, snake-like

This Zoom presentation is available on the Videos page. Talk 1. Updating Rare Plant Surveys on several Scientific and Natural Area Sites in Southeast Minnesota. Presenter: Mike Lee, Botanist/Plant Ecologist, MN DNR/ and new MNNPS Board Member This talk will

Speaker: Rebekah Mohn, University of Minnesota PhD Candidate The Zoom presentation is available on the Videos page. Bio: Rebekah Mohn is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota in Saint Paul studying chromosome variation in a group of insect-eating

The recorded Zoom meeting is available on the Video page. Presenter: Tim Whitfeld, Herbarium Collections Manager, University of Minnesota Bell Museum Tim will give a brief history of the Bell Museum Herbarium and discuss the way herbarium collections are used

Presenter: Kristen Blann, Lead Freshwater Ecologist with The Nature Conservancy (MN, ND, SD) The Zoom presentation is available on the Videos page. Talk Summary: Peatlands cover 6 million acres or more in Minnesota, representing more than 10% of the state

Presenter: Dan Shaw, Senior Ecologist/Vegetation Specialist, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources The Zoom presentation is available on the Videos page. Talk Summary: State seed mixes have evolved over the last 20 years to meet statewide needs for restoration

Presenter: Heather Holm, biologist, pollinator conservationist, and award-winning author The Zoom presentation is available on the Videos page. Talk Summary: Four unique biomes converge within Minnesota along a southwest to northeast continuum. Prior to Euro-American settlement, the four contiguous biomes

This will be our first in-person meeting for the plant society in over three years and we hope some of you are able to join us once again! For those who are unable to be there, the option of viewing the presentation through Zoom will continue to take place.