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Canoeing the Mississippi River: A Return to Weaver Bottoms for Wetland Plant Identification

Weaver Bottoms 57604 Hwy 61, Altura, MN, United States

Come join Steve Eggers and other MNNPS members for a day of wetland plant identification canoeing through the unique plant communities of Weaver Bottoms. Weaver Bottoms is located on the Upper Mississippi River within the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. This 5,500 acre habitat complex includes areas of open water, flowing channels, backwater lakes, isolated wetlands and forested wetlands.

St. Wendel Tamarack Bog SNA: A Slog Into a Mosaic of Wetland Plant Communities

St. Wendel Tamarack Bog SNA Co Rd 4, St Joseph, MN 56374, St Joseph, MN, United States

Come join Mike Lee and other MNNPS members for part of a day hiking and identifying wetland plants at St. Wendel Tamarack Bog SNA. This SNA is one of the top sites for significant biological diversity in Stearns County as evaluated by the Minnesota County Biological Survey in 1999. The site is a large wetland complex encompassing one of the largest remaining blocks of native vegetation in the county, including the best and largest example of tamarack swamp in central Minnesota.

Crow-Hassan Prairie – Fifty Years and Counting, by John Moriarty

Dakota Lodge 1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul, MN, United States

Presenter: John Moriarty, Senior Manager of Wildlife, Three Rivers Park District POM: Prairie violet by Angela Isackson, Wildlife Technician, Three Rivers Park Division

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?