December, 2024 presentation: Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life, by Andrew Hipp
November, 2024 presentation: A Seed’s Journey: Can the Seed Rain and Seed Bank Supply Missing Diversity to Restored Prairies? by Katherine Wynne
October, 2024 presentation: Euphorbia: how to make sense of the large genus of 2000+ species, and the common members in Minnesota, by Ya Yang
April, 2024 presentation: Smokey the Beaver: how beaver dams keep riparian corridors green during droughts and wildfires, by Emily Fairfax
March, 2024 presentation: Comparing the impacts of patch-burn grazing on vegetation in two northern tallgrass prairies, by Fred Harris
Note: due to technical difficulties the audio doesn’t begin until 1:42.
February, 2024 presentation: MN PlantWatch, by Angela Miner and Deanna Leigh
November, 2023 presentation: Minnesota’s Peatlands: Climate Change, Carbon, and Cool Plants, by Laura Reuling
October, 2023 presentation: Discussion on Welby Smith’s newly published book, Ferns and Lycophytes of Minnesota
May, 2023 presentation: Minnesota’s North Shore, by Chel Anderson
April, 2023 presentation: Restoring Ecosystem Functionality and Biodiversity in Minnesota’s Changing Climate, by Heather Holm
March, 2023 presentation: State Seed Mixes, Their Evolving Role In Addressing Ecological Challenges, by Dan Shaw, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
February, 2023 presentation: Peatland Restoration as a Natural Climate Solution in Minnesota, by Kristen Blann, TNC
December, 2022 presentation: The University of Minnesota Bell Museum Herbarium: The history, how it is used, and the ongoing work, by Tim Whitfeld
November, 2022 presentation: Studying Sundews, a Global Carnivorous Plant Genus Found in Minnesota’s Backyard, by Rebekah Mohn
October, 2022 presentation: SNA Updates
A two-part presentation:
Part 1: Updating Rare Plant Surveys in SE MN, by Michael Lee, Botanist/Plant Ecologist, MN DNR and MNNPS Board Member
Part 2: Sprague Creek Peatland SNA in Northern MN, by Scott Milburn, Botanist, Midwest Natural Resources, Inc. and MNNPS Board President
June, 2022 presentation: Jumping Worms in Minnesota, by Dr. Lee Frelich
May, 2022 presentation: On Lichens: Lessons in Symbiosis, by Joe Walewski
April, 2022 presentation: Healing Our Prairies Through Cooperation, by Dr. Marissa Ahlering, Sara Vacek, and Daren Carlson
March, 2022 presentation: Importance of Habitat Structure in Prairies by Chris Helzer, Nature Conservancy’s Director of Science in Nebraska
December, 2021 presentation: 80 Years of Minnesotan Ecology: An Update form Cedar Creek by Dr. Caitlin Potter, Education and Community Engagement Coordinator, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
November, 2021 presentation: How a diversity of human cultures perfects our understanding of conservation, by Rowzat Shipchandler, MNDNR Diversity Coordinator
June, 2021 presentation: The Role of Prairie Restorations in the Conservation of Native Bee Communities Across a Gradient of Agricultural Land Use, by Dr. Ian Lane, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota
May, 2021 presentation: Reconstructing the first angiosperms and their initial diversification, by Dr. James Doyle, Professor Emeritus, Department of Evolution and Ecology, College of Biological Sciences University of California Davis
April, 2021 presentation: Prairie Management and plant/pollinator interactions, by Diane Larson, Research Wildlife Biologist at the US Geological Survey and Adjunct Associate Professor at the U of M
March, 2021 presentation: Private Land Protection Incentives for Prairie Landowners, by Tyler Janke, Natural Areas Specialist, MN DNR.
Plant-of-the-Month: Brazilian Watermeal (Wolffia brasiliensis),
Presented by: Courtney Millaway, Aquatic Botanist, MN Biological Survey
February, 2021 presentation: viewing of Sand Country Wildlife, a 1960’s documentary that reveals some of the flora and fauna of the Anoka Sand Plain region.
This was one of a number of documentaries filmed and produced by Dr. Walter Breckenridge, Professor of Ecology at the University of Minnesota and longtime director at the Bell Museum of Natural History. This particular documentary was transferred from film to digital over a decade ago with a significant financial contribution by the Minnesota Native Plant Society.