ADV – Phenology Training 4-27-18 at St John’s

Phenology Observation Training  on Friday April 17, 2018.  9 am to 3:30 pm at St John’s Abbey Arboretum, St Joseph and Collegeville, MN 56321    We need motivated nature observers and teachers! Come join a team of dedicated “citizen scientists” and help with a statewide effort to study the phenological changes in the Northern Minnesota’s landscape. …

Cornell Lab of Ornithology – March 2018 Newsletter

We're Hiring! The K-12 team is looking for two new, enthusiastic people who are passionate about science education and helping us cultivate our program! Could you be our new Teacher in Residence (full time 5 week summer position) or Business and Communications Specialist (full time regular position)? Applications due March 31st. March's Free Webinar STEM isn’t just about robotics and coding. Learn …

VOL – Dogwood Project – statewide

Are you seeing flower buds on your dogwoods? Did you know you have a very important plant in your yard? Your observations on cloned dogwood (Cornus florida 'Appalachian Spring') and native flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) contribute to a long term project seeking to understand the impact of local environmental conditions on plants across the country.  …

VOL – Minnesota DNR Volunteer Opportunities – Statewide

Volunteer positions are open across the state with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Woodpecker Surveys Be a Citizen Scientist for Turtles Turtle Crossing Survey PlayCleanGo Event – April 27-29 Butterfly Milkweed Planting on WMA – May 17 Minnesota Loon Monitoring Program: June 29-July 9 Planting Trees Filing on a Ferris Wheel SNA Data …

US Fish & Wildlife News – Winter 2018

All Who Teach Children are Invited to: Explore innovative ways to use an outdoor classroom during this K-12 immersion workshop held concurrently with the Summer Explorers Biology Camp for youth entering 5th and 6th grades. Observe professionals and apply outdoor classroom methods by leading the same youth daily, outdoors, in a supportive team teaching environment. …

Michigan Plant Identification workshops

If you are interested in native plants, is now open for two Plant Identification workshops to be held this summer in Isle Royale National Park and Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula.  This is an excellent opportunity to both explore this unique islandnational park and Michigan's Upper Peninsula near Lake Superior and learn the flora of these areas at …

VOL – Search for Starry Stonewort – August 18 – statewide

Join us for a day searching for one of Minnesota's newest aquatic invasive species, starry stonewort (and other invaders). Starry stonewort is an invasive algae that was first found in Lake Koronis in 2015 and has since spread to 11 Minnesota lakes (learn more about starry stonewort and our research here). Now we are asking …

Native Plant Community Training

The Minnesota DNR Divisions of Ecological and Water Resources, Forestry, and Fish and Wildlife are partnering to offer training in the use of the DNR Field Guides to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota and how they can be used to help inform management decisions. There will be two indoor introductory classes and six field …

Minnesota Sea Grant “Seiche” Newsletter

Thank you for your interest in Minnesota Sea Grant and we hope you have enjoyed reading our newsletter, The Seiche. We want you to know that we're no longer printing and mailing the newsletter and have instead moved much of the content from The Seiche to our website: www.seagrant.umn.edu.   We invite you to subscribe to …

OnGoing Volunteer/Training Opportunities

A growing list of organizations that have volunteer and/or training opportunities for Minnesota Master Naturalist: AIS Detector – MAISRC CoCoRaHS weather watcher Cornell Lab – Ornithology Friends of the Mississippi Great Lakes Aquarium Great River Greening iNaturalist International Wolf Center Minnesota DNR Minnesota Master Naturalist Minnesota Phenology Network Mississippi National River National Conservation Training Center …