Dedicated to the conservation and appreciation of Minnesota’s native plants and plant communities
Come join other MNNPS members for a Saturday morning hike into the prairie communities of Crow-Hassan Park Preserve. Participants will be led by John Moriarty through the rolling hills, woods, lakes, wetlands and prairie of this 2,800 acre metro park reserve to view the native vegetation and wildlife that call this fantastic place home.
An Early Fall Sunday Morning Hike. 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 fall species that include upright gentian, multiple species of Liatris, and rattlesnake master.
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
Presenter: Dr. Lee Frelich, Director, The University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology; Fellow, Institute on the Environment. Plant of the Month: Balsam poplar - Populus balsamifera by Lee Frelich
The Minnesota Native Plant Society Annual Symposium:
Prairies and Grasslands of the Lower 48
Speakers: Carolyn Dindorf, Vice President/Limnologist, Fortin Consulting, Inc. Mark C. Gernes, Research Scientist, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Plant of the Month: Marsh Fern, Thelyptris palustris
Speaker: Michael Bourdaghs, Research Scientist, MN Pollution Control Agency. Place of the month: The Whiteface Reservoir
Join members of the Friends of Minnesota Scientific & Natural Areas and others on an all-day outing to Lost Valley Prairie SNA and Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA to explore these prairie communities in the springtime.