Dedicated to the conservation and appreciation of Minnesota’s native plants and plant communities
Presenter: John Moriarty, Senior Manager of Wildlife, Three Rivers Park District POM: Prairie violet by Angela Isackson, Wildlife Technician, Three Rivers Park Division
Presenter: Jason Husveth, Restoration Ecologist & Botanist, Critical Connections Ecological Services. Place-of-the-Month: Traversing the Red Lake Peatland on Foot in August 2017, by Jason Husveth
Presenter: Doug Mensing (Senior Ecologist) and Matt Lasch (MN Contracting Manager) POM: silky prairie clover (Dalea villosa var. villosa)
Presenters: Hannah Texler, Plant Survey Supervisor, and Erika Rowe, Plant Ecologist/Botanist, both with the Minnesota Biological Survey POM: Mesic Prairie in Kertsonville Wildlife Management Area, presented by Erika Rowe
Presenter: Dr. Elaine Evans, Assistant Extension Professor, University of Minnesota Bee Lab Dr. Elaine Evans is an extension educator at the University of Minnesota and a researcher at the University of Minnesota Bee Lab in the Department of Entomology. Her
Presented by: Jim Manolis, Forest Conservation Program Director, The Nature Conservancy in MN, ND & SD. Place-of-the-Month: TNC's Upper Manitou Preserve
Presented by: Dr. Lee Frelich, Director, The University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology. Plant-of-the-Month: Dwarf Lake Iris, Iris lacustris Photos by Ken Piehl.
Presenter: Welby Smith, MnDNR Botanist. Place of the month: Uncas Dunes SNA; by Rick Haug, Photographer
Presenters: Ron Bowen, Prairie Restorations Canoe Guide and Beth Markhart, Prairie Restorations Queen of the Subarctic. Plant of the Month: Dry-Ground Cranberry - Vaccinium vitis-idaea; by Ron Bowen and Beth Markhart
Presenter: Bruce Anderson; Retired USFS and MnDNR. POM: TBD by BruceAnderson
