Contributed by Peg Furshong, Operations & Director of Programs My thirteen-year-old daughter is not a fan of rising early on the weekend. Still, this particular Saturday in early October, she woke and declared, “Mom, it is going to be a great day!” Her excitement was that we were headed out to the Pomme de Terre […]
Minnesota Master Naturalist
Freshwater Mussel Field Day 2020
Join us for our sixth annual freshwater mussel field day with MN DNR malacologist, Bernard Sietman. You will be hard-pressed to find anyone as passionate and knowledgeable about mussels as this transplanted Missourian. Since 2002, he has worked across Minnesota surveying mussels. One of the more exciting aspects of his job is the potential discovery […]
Gathering Partners of Natural Resources Annual Conference
The Gathering Partners annual conference brings together people from all corners of Minnesota to learn about our state’s natural resources. The conference is hosted jointly by University of Minnesota Extension program teams for Forestry, Aquatic Invasive Species, Minnesota Master Naturalist, and Citizen Science.