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SUMMARY:Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life
DESCRIPTION:The recorded presentation is available on the Videos page. \nPresenter: Andrew Hipp – Author of Oak Origins \nProgram: Andrew will discuss his new book: Oak Origins\, From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life. From ancient acorns to future forests\, the story of how oaks evolved and the many ways they shape our world. \nThe following is a link to The University of Chicago Press to view Andrew’s book. \nhttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo236998258.html
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/oak-origins-from-acorns-to-species-and-the-tree-of-life/
CATEGORIES:Monthly programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250206T190000
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SUMMARY:Rare Plant Conservation in Wisconsin
DESCRIPTION:The recorded presentation is available on the Videos page. \nPresenter: Kevin Doyle – Botanist with the Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources \nProgram: Rare Plant Conservation in Wisconsin \nThis talk will provide an overview of different types of rare plant conservation projects the Wisconsin DNR is working with\, including status assessments\, hand pollination\, outplantings\, assisted migration\, and citizen science. \nSpeaker Bio: Kevin Doyle is a botanist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. He received a bachelor’s degree in conservation biology from UW-Madison and a master’s in plant biology from the University of Texas at Austin. In his role as DNR botanist for the last 12 years he has conducted botanical and ecological surveys across Wisconsin\, working in almost every county in the state. He focuses on rare plants in particular and started the Rare Plant Monitoring Program in 2013 to train volunteers to search for and collect data on rare plant populations to inform conservation efforts.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/rare-plant-conservation-in-wisconsin/
CATEGORIES:Monthly programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250306T190000
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SUMMARY:From Data to Diversity: Modernizing Minnesota's Native Plant Community System
DESCRIPTION:The recorded presentation is on the Videos page. \nPresenter: Alaina Berger\, NPC Classification Coordinator\,  Division of Ecological and Water Resources\, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources \nProgram: From Data to Diversity: Modernizing Minnesota’s Native Plant Community System \nMinnesota DNR’s Native Plant Community Classification is a dynamic tool for conservation\, vegetation management\, and land-use planning\, evolving with new data and user experiences. This talk will highlight ongoing efforts to integrate two decades of vegetation data and address knowledge gaps in various plant communities across Minnesota. \nSpeaker Bio: Alaina Berger is an experienced Forest Ecologist with a passion for understanding and preserving forest ecosystems. With a BS degree in Environmental Science and a Master of Science in Forest Ecology at the University of Minnesota\, she has dedicated over 30 years to studying plant communities and how they respond to changes in their environment. Alaina has worked on various projects\, from mapping natural habitats to developing guidelines for forest management. Her past research has focused on understory flora response to forest stand structure and disturbance from management activities. Alaina has extensive experience with the Native Plant Community Classification\, including 12 years in various roles at the MNDNR\, where she was part of the initial launch of the Native Plant Classification. Currently\, she serves as the Native Plant Classification Revision Coordinator with the Minnesota Biological Survey (MBS) at the DNR. She coordinates a 3-year project to modernize the DNR Native Plant Community Classification system. Her work is driven by a deep commitment to maintaining the health and diversity of Minnesota’s natural landscapes.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/from-data-to-diversity-modernizing-minnesotas-native-plant-community-system/
LOCATION:Dakota Lodge\, 1200 Stassen Lane\, West St. Paul\, MN\, 55118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250403T190000
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SUMMARY:A Dozen of My Favorite Minnesota Plant Stories
DESCRIPTION:The recorded presentation is available on the Videos page. \n7:00 PM Meeting starts \nMN PlantWatch Update by Angela Miner\, Conservation Botanist with the MN Landscape Arboretum. \nProgram: A Dozen of My Favorite Minnesota Plant Stories \nPresenter: Dr. Stephen Saupe\, Emeritus Professor (Plant Taxonomy\, Secondary Metabolism of Plants and Fungi) – St. John’s University
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/a-dozen-of-my-favorite-minnesota-plant-stories/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250512T190000
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SUMMARY:Lessons Learned in Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity
DESCRIPTION:Note: This meeting is rescheduled from Thursday\, May 1 to Monday\, May 12 and will be a hybrid meeting both in-person at Dakota Lodge and on-line through Zoom. MNNPS members\, check your email for instructions. \nPresenters: Bonnie Harper-Lore & Gary Lore \nProgram: LESSONS LEARNED IN PROTECTING AND RESTORING BIODIVERSITY\, a new book by 85 scientists\, educators\, practitioners\, policymakers and citizen scientists\, published 9.13.24 by Cambridge Scholars Press. \nGary Lore and Bonnie Harper-Lore collected a network of conservation stories\, written in the authors’ own voices to share with the next generation\, when time and money will continue to be short to solve conservation problems\, impacted by  climate change\, development\, invasives and public policy. \nReaders\, including students\, professionals and advocates can build on these lessons learned at the local\, state\, federal\, and international levels.  Some 52 disciplines are represented because it takes a multidisciplinary approach to do conservation work.  These are the actions we took to get it done. \nGary K. Lore holds a BA in environmental ethics\, economics\, and communications from Metro State University\, Minnesota.  The majority of his career was in integrated vegetation management for the Colorado Department of Highways\, followed by consulting in the midwest.  Gary spent 12 years as a federal public affairs officer.  Over time he edited and wrote features and columns for Colorado Streamside Quarterly\, Trout magazine\, “Outdoor Lore”\, Minnesota Vietnam Veterans Quarterly\, The Metropolitan (Editor) and more. Gary grew up on the prairie of the Nebraska sand hills. \nBonnie L. Harper-Lore holds a MS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she focused on preservation\, restoration and management of native plant communities.  As a restoration ecologist she spent 20 years with State and federal roadside programs\, providing technical transfer\, research oversight and policy support to 50 State Departments of Transportation.  During that time\, she served as editor of a quarterly newsletter\, Greener Roadsides.  She also co-authored Roadside Use of Native Plants\, Roadside Weed Management and Vegetation Management\, an Ecoregional Approach. Bonnie grew up in the driftless area of Wisconsin with a goat prairie behind the barn.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/lessons-learned-in-protecting-and-restoring-biodiversity/
LOCATION:Dakota Lodge\, 1200 Stassen Lane\, West St. Paul\, MN\, 55118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly programs
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SUMMARY:Red Lake Wildlife Management Area History and Habitat Management
DESCRIPTION:The recorded presentation is available on the Videos page. \nPresenters: Charlie Tucker– Manager at Red Lake Wildlife Management Area \nProgram: Charlie will discuss the settlement history of the Red Lake WMA area\, and how it relates to current land ownership. He will also talk about using Native Plant Community information to manage for a variety of forest habitats. Ongoing WMA habitat management projects will be discussed. \nBio: Charlie Tucker grew up in Saint Paul before pursuing an undergraduate degree in wildlife ecology from UW-Madison. He worked for various conservation entities before attaining a Master of Science in biology from Missouri State University. His project focused on the breeding ecology of ornate box turtles where he was fortunate to conduct research on large remnant sand prairies in the driftless area of Illinois. After working for the US Fish and Wildlife Service for a couple years\, he returned to Minnesota as the assistant wildlife manager at Red Lake WMA. For the last two years he has been the manager at Red Lake WMA\, the largest Wildlife Management Area in Minnesota.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/red-lake-wildlife-management-area-history-and-habitat-management/
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SUMMARY:Fire behavior and tree mortality\, by Dr. Lee Frelich
DESCRIPTION:The recorded presentation is available on the Video page. \nPresenter: Dr. Lee Frelich – Director of the Center for Forest Ecology\, University of Minnesota \nPresenter Biography: Lee Frelich is Director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology. He has authored 200 publications with 275 coauthors from 25 countries. He is listed among the top 1% of all scientists in the world (Ecology and Environment category) by the Web of Science. His research has been featured in the news media 500 times\, including The New York Times\, Newsweek and Washington Post. Current research interests include large-scale fire and wind\, earthworm invasion\, and climate change in temperate and boreal forests.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/fire-behavior-and-tree-mortality/
CATEGORIES:Monthly programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251218T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Q&A with Ron Bowen\, founder of Prairie Restorations\, Inc.
DESCRIPTION:The recorded presentation is available on the Videos page. \nPresenter: Ron Bowen – founder of Prairie Restorations\, Inc. \nProgram: Spend an evening participating in a Q&A with special guest Ron Bowen\, founder of Prairie Restorations\, Inc. \nPresenter Biography: Ron began dreaming of and creating what would become Prairie Restorations\, Inc. (PRI) in the early 1970s after finishing a forestry degree at the University of Minnesota. His first restorations were created while working as a gardener for Bruce Dayton of the famed Dayton family.  PRI was incorporated in 1977 as Ron and his brother John moved the business up to the Anoka Sandplain and ramped up seed and plant production. Over time\, PRI has grown to be a leader in the ecological restoration movement\, continuing to do meaningful projects and inspiring others to do the important work of restoring native plant communities. \nWe will be exploring the early days\, with stories of challenges and successes\, hear about some of Ron’s favorite plants\, and what is in store for the future of Ron and PRI. \n 
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/an-evening-of-qa-with-ron-bowen-founder-of-prairie-restorations-inc/
CATEGORIES:Monthly programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T190000
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SUMMARY:Active augmentation and recovery of rare species and native orchids – what we’re learning so far
DESCRIPTION:The recorded presentation is available on the Video page. \nPresenter: Dr. David Remucal – Curator of Endangered Plants\, Adjunct Professor University of Minnesota \nBiography: The Plant Conservation Program works to promote the conservation of rare and native plant species of Minnesota\, reaching region and nation-wide. Our focus is on individual species preservation\, with a focus on applied research and ex situ conservation. We manage a long-term seed bank for rare plants and native orchids. As part of this work\, we research the propagation of all of these species\, with special attention to the complex propagation and ecology of terrestrial orchids. Our goal is to create a rigorously scientifically-supported set of guidelines and protocols for preserving and restoring some of the most complex species which are not currently restoration material as well as develop the infrastructure to support restoration efforts with these plants with field protocols and scaled-up production of the plants. As climate change and human manipulation of the environment progresses\, this work becomes increasingly vital and must extend beyond pure basic research to application.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/active-augmentation-and-recovery-of-rare-species-and-native-orchids-what-were-learning-so-far/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260312T190000
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SUMMARY:Peat Keepers: Healing Minnesota’s Carbon-Rich Landscapes
DESCRIPTION:The recorded video is available on the Videos page. \nPresenter: Meredith Cornett – MNDNR Peatland Resilience Project Planner \nProgram: Peat Keepers: Healing Minnesota’s Carbon-Rich Landscapes \nDescription: With more peatlands than any other state in the US outside Alaska\, Minnesota has a role to play in sustaining and restoring peatlands as part of a multifaceted climate mitigation strategy. The state’s Climate Action Framework recognizes the power of peatlands\, naming the restoration of partially drained peatlands as an important strategy for climate mitigation. The 2023 Minnesota Legislature created the MNDNR’s Peatland Protection and Restoration Demonstration Project as a first step toward implementing the Climate Action Framework’s peatland strategy. We will dive into peatland restoration work being planned for the DNR’s Winter Road Lake Peatland Scientific and Natural Area in Lake of the Woods County\, including our approach to monitoring pre-restoration conditions for vegetation\, hydrology and greenhouse gases. For more information about the project: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/wetlands/peatland-resilience-initiative.html \nBiography: Meredith Cornett is the Peatland Resilience Project Planner at Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR)\, a role she has held since January 2024. She has come full circle in returning to the DNR\, where she began her professional career in conservation as a Community Forest Ecologist in the Twin Cities Metro Area. For nearly two decades\, Meredith served as Director of Science for The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota\, North Dakota\, and South Dakota. Over the years\, she has also enjoyed working with students and faculty at the University of Minnesota through an adjunct appointment in the Conservation Sciences Graduate Program. She lives with her family in Fredenberg Township\, where they harvest sunlight\, tend beehives\, protect pine seedlings from deer browsing\, and coexist with human and other neighbors.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/peat-keepers-healing-minnesotas-carbon-rich-landscapes/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260402T190000
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SUMMARY:The Evolution of Wetland Seed Mixes\, Revegetation and Management
DESCRIPTION:The recorded presentation is available on the Video page. \nPresenter: Dan Shaw – Sr. Ecologist & Vegetation Specialist\, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) \nProgram: The Evolution of Wetland Seed Mixes\, Revegetation and Management \nDescription: Minnesota’s wetland plant communities are changing due to climate change\, development\, increased nutrients\, and invasive species. These impacts are contributing to declining pollinator\, bird\, and other wildlife populations\, and decreasing wetland functions. Fortunately\, the conservation community in Minnesota has been actively addressing challenges and pursuing new strategies for restoring and managing wetlands and other aquatic systems. This presentation will cover emerging methods for seed mix design\, site preparation\, seeding\, and wetland management; and we’ll discuss future challenges for wetlands and needs for further study and innovation. \nBiography: Dan Shaw is the Senior Ecologist and Vegetation Specialist with the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR). Over the last 30 years his work has focused on plant community restoration\, climate mitigation and adaptation\, rare species protection\, invasive species control and building conservation partnerships. He has also taught ecological design and restoration classes at the University of Minnesota for the past 25 years and authored or co-authored several books on native plants and restoration.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/the-evolution-of-wetland-seed-mixes-revegetation-and-management/
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