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We are excited to add TWO positions to our MN Master Naturalist State Program Leadership Team. Please consider applying and be sure to share these with your networks.

City Nature Challenge 2024

Mark your calendar for April 26-29, 2024 when we will join with cities around the world to document the wide variety of plant and animal species living in urban areas. We’ll use iNaturalist to share with scientists what we find in the Twin Cities metro area and compare our observations to cities like Bangkok, Thailand, Lima, …

MNat Weekly Update – pdf – https://z.umn.edu/WeeklyUpdate

The last two Weekly Updates are posted here as pdfs. If you know someone that should be getting the emails but they are not, feel free to share the link: z.umn.edu/WeeklyUpdate. The newest Update is normally posted on Monday morning. april-19-weekly-updateDownload april-12-weekly-updateDownload

Trailblazer – Minnesota State Parks and Trails newsletter

April Showers Bring Wildflowers! Read more.

SCIENCEx SOILS webinars

SCIENCEx SOILSMAY 6-10, 2024 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time SCIENCEx Soils will be exploring how the health of our forests — and planet — depend on what's beneath our feet. The Forest Service Research and Development SCIENCEx webinar series unites scientists and land managers from across the Forest Service and beyond. Register Now Monday, May 6 …

Hello from the Natural Inquirer! – Resources

After more than 25 years of bringing you free science education products based on Forest Service research, we’ve decided it’s time for a much-needed update. So, whether you’ve been using our products for years or you’ve newly discovered Natural Inquirer, welcome to our new website! (Resources for youth education.) Read more or subscribe.

Field Notes from Cedar Creek – April newsletter

A new education and research garden at Cedar Creek will showcase the biodiversity of the local plant community. Read more below. april-field-notes_-rescue-garden-wetland-monitoring-and-moreDownload

MPCA launches robust program to sample entire Mississippi River within Minnesota

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today announced a new initiative to monitor water quality throughout the entire Mississippi River within Minnesota’s borders for the first time in a single year. The agency made the announcement in recognition of Earth Day at an event along the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Paul, where …