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2018 Symposium – Old Growth Forests

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska, MN, United States

Download 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?

Spring Butterfly Trek – Crex Meadows

Crex Meadows 102 East Crex Avenue, Grantsburg, WI, United States

FIELD 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 States

This 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!

Avon Hills Forest Scientific and Natural Area

Avon Hills Forest SNA Quaker Rd, Albany, MN, United States

Explore 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 States

Join 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.

Flora of the Central Sand Plain of Wisconsin Black River State Forest

Black River State Forest Black River Falls, WI, United States

FIELD TRIP IS FULL. An Overnight Trip to Multiple Sites in Black River State Forest. Meet in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, travel time of approximately 2 hours, 15 minutes from St. Paul, MN. Spend Saturday afternoon exploring various habitats. Stay overnight either at the Pigeon Creek Campground within the state forest, or at motels in Black River Falls. Spend the next morning exploring additional habitats and then travel back that afternoon.