Dedicated to the conservation and appreciation of Minnesota’s native plants and plant communities
Come join MNDNR regional ecologist Megan Benage for a nature hike and tour of Cambria Wildlife Management Area. This 81 acre site is nestled in the Minnesota River Valley and offers views of remnant and restored prairie as well as lowland forest with several interesting groundwater seeps along the hillside.
We'll visit Hoffman Prairie State Preserve, a tallgrass prairie pothole complex with mesic to wet prairie and pothole marshes of various sizes, near the city of Clear Lake in Cerro Gordo County, north-central Iowa. Owned by The Nature Conservancy, this 36-acre preserve supports over 150 plant species.
Come join Jyneen Thatcher and other MNNPS members for a morning hike through St. Croix Savanna Scientific Natural Area. This SNA with its dramatic topography site protects one of the best remaining examples of hill prairie in the Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.
Moose Mountain SNA in Duluth is a bedrock ridge "held up" by an underlying erosion-resistant diabase sill, formed by intrusion of magma between pre-existing rock layers. At its peak, the mountain rises nearly 550 feet above the elevation of Lake Superior, which is less than a mile away as the crow (or raven) flies.
Presenter: Neil Anderson, Full Professor University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Plant of the month: Reed Canarygrass
Presenter: Nick Greatens, Graduate Student at the University of Minnesota Department of Plant Pathology. Plant of the month: Glossy Buckthorn
Presenter: Jason Husveth, Principal Ecologist, Critical Connections Ecological Services. Plant of the month: TBD
Presented by: Scott Milburn. This is one of Sweden’s 30 National Parks, located in Swedish Lapland near the northern border with Norway. This presentation will focus on the stunning beauty documented this past summer immediately following midsommar, a period of
Presented by Scott Krych. Scott Krych, an ecologist with HDR Engineering, will be presenting on butterflies of the prairie. He has been working professionally for over 30 years, which has taken him on a journey through the Midwest and western
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. Presented by Dr. Tiffany Wolf, DVM, PhD, University of Minnesota. The moose, an iconic creature of the north woods and an important member of this ecosystem, is in serious decline. This trend is the result of
