The Dean Lakes Development – Lessons in Ecology over 15 Years
Presenter: Doug Mensing (Senior Ecologist) and Matt Lasch (MN Contracting Manager) POM: silky prairie clover (Dalea villosa var. villosa)
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- Dakota Lodge 1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul, MN, United States
Minnesota’s New Ecological Monitoring Network – First Year Observations and Outcomes, by Hannah Texler and Erika Rowe
Dakota Lodge 1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul, MN, United StatesPresenters: 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
A Flower Patch for the Rusty Patched: Recovery of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, by Dr. Elaine Evans
Dakota Lodge 1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul, MN, United StatesPresenter: 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
2018 Symposium – Old Growth Forests
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska, MN, United StatesDownload the 2018 MNNPS Symposium Registration form Speakers and Topics: 8:30–9:00 Registration 9:00–9:10 Welcome to the Symposium 9:10–9:30 Welcome to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Peter Moe, Director of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 9:30–10:20 Old-Growth Forests: What are They?
Collaborating for Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: The Nature Conservancy’s Forest Conservation and Restoration Program, by Jim Manolis, TNC
Dakota Lodge 1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul, MN, United StatesPresented by: Jim Manolis, Forest Conservation Program Director, The Nature Conservancy in MN, ND & SD. Place-of-the-Month: TNC's Upper Manitou Preserve
Spring Butterfly Trek – Crex Meadows
Crex Meadows 102 East Crex Avenue, Grantsburg, WI, United StatesFIELD TRIP IS FULL. Join butterfly enthusiast Dean Hansen on a day-long trip to look for spring butterflies in the jack pine/oak barrens in northwest Wisconsin’s Burnett County. The trip will start at the Visitor’s center at the Crex Meadows Wildlife Area just north of Grantsburg, WI, and end up on the Namekagon Barrens in far northwest Burnett County.
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
Fish Lake Nature Trail 23603-23699 Durant St NE, East Bethel, MN, United StatesThis hike is a unique opportunity to observe the “before” scene of a first-time bison introduction at Cedar Creek Reserve. Barb Delaney, Professional Plant Ecologist and Botanist, will describe plant micro-habitats within the bison enclosure area before the beasts arrive!
A World-Class Biogeographical Oddity: The Boreal Forests of Door County, by Dr. Lee Frelich, UM
Dakota Lodge 1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul, MN, United StatesPresented 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.
Avon Hills Forest Scientific and Natural Area
Avon Hills Forest SNA Quaker Rd, Albany, MN, United StatesExplore strongly-rolling morainal terrain that supports a large tract of mature mesic hardwood forest with small vernal wetlands. This 350-acre SNA lies in the heart of central Minnesota's 65,000-acre Avon Hills region. The region is known for its constellation of high value natural and cultural features within the often strongly rolling terrain of the St. Croix Moraine.
Valley View Park
Valley View Park 5425 North Osgood Avenue, Oak Park Heights, MN, United StatesJoin Jyneen Thatcher and other MNNPS members in exploring a small dry prairie remnant in a city park in Oak Park Heights. The park has undergone restoration efforts by the environmental studies classes at Stillwater High School, including buckthorn removal and prairie reconstruction, but the only management in this remnant has been prescribed burns. We will add to the species list which currently includes plants such as prairie phlox, prairie violet, purple-lipped twayblade, lupine, and short prairie grasses.