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SUMMARY:WAPOA hosts AIS Roundtable - June 1
DESCRIPTION:The Whitefish Area Property Owner’s Association and the Crow Wing LARA are hosting the 8th Annual AIS Roundtable featuring speakers from the University of Minnesota AIS Research Center. The event provides a great opportunity to hear from the Center’s Director\, Dr. Nick Phelps\, as well as from several researchers with projects underway. \nThe event runs from 8:30 to noon CT in Crosslake\, MN. Register here to attend the event in person or on-line.
URL:https://mncola.org/event/wapoa-hosts-ais-roundtable-june-1/
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SUMMARY:Which Plants Should I Plant? – June 13\, or repeated on June 20
DESCRIPTION:The 1-hour webinar is free and starts at noon CT on June 13. The session will be repeated on June 20 at 6 pm CT. \nGrow your knowledge of native Minnesotan plants as you prepare your own gardens with MN Sea Grant’s Jessy Carlson and John Bly of Metro Blooms for a free webinar hosted by Cook County Higher Education. This event is part of MN Sea Grant’s project on Partnering with Local Governments for Climate Adaptation. \nMore information and the registration link are available for the specific session you want to attend: June 13 session or June 20 session (these are different links).
URL:https://mncola.org/event/which-plants-should-i-plant-june-13-or-repeated-on-june-20/
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SUMMARY:MN COLA Annual Membership Meeting - June 18th
DESCRIPTION:Our Annual meeting of 2024 will be held on June 18th at 9-11 am cdt. \nMeeting topics and speakers: \n\nElection of Directors for the MN COLA Board. Director terms are 3 years and we have several seats to fill. Note: if you have interest in joining the MN COLA Board\, please contact Kevin Farum to register your interest.\nKathryn Hoffman\, CEO of the non-profit Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA)\, will brief us on the efforts they have underway to protect Minnesota’s public waters. MCEA’s lawyers and scientists are directly involved with environmental legislation in St. Paul and in every major legal fight to protect our water. Kathryn last joined us in December 2020 and she was very well received.\nJeff Forester from MN Lakes and Rivers Advocates will provide us with an update on the short 2024 Minnesota Legislative Session that ends on May 20.\nHilarie Sorenson is the newly appointed Water Resources Extension Educator for MN Sea Grant. She is charged with helping to address complex water quality issues through resources and programs. We offered her the opportunity to explain her new role and also to hear from you\, our caring lake and river volunteers about your priorities and needs. So besides getting to know Hilarie\, you can help her help us with a few polling questions during her presentation.\n John Rodgers from Clemson University will talk to us about hydrilla\, one of the most concerning AIS that has not yet reached Minnesota. He will follow the infestation spread from Florida up the east coast and now in Michigan\, the impact on lakes\, and what to expect. Many of you became familiar with Dr. Rodgers when starry stonewort was found in Minnesota in 2015. We are so pleased that he will spend some time with MN COLA.\n\nClick on this Registration Link anytime before the meeting. The Zoom link for the meeting itself will be provided following registration. You will also receive an email from Zoom with the meeting link and more details.
URL:https://mncola.org/event/mn-cola-annual-membership-meeting-june-18th/
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SUMMARY:Getting AIS into the classrooms – June 25
DESCRIPTION:Getting students aware of AIS is a good thing and it will also foster behavior change in adults. Lake Superior State University brings together students\, teachers\, natural resource mentors\, and staff from LSSU’s Center for Freshwater Research and Education to conduct hands-on research into local invasive species issues. Learn how this collaboration has fostered local\, student-led stewardship projects to raise awareness and inspire action in communities across Northern Michigan. Then let’s do more of this in Minnesota! \nThe webinar starts at 8 am CT and is free\, but registration is required. \nAfter registering\, you will receive an email from “EGLE Outreach” with a link for you to use to join the webinar.
URL:https://mncola.org/event/getting-ais-into-the-classrooms-june-25-2/
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SUMMARY:An Underwater Tour through a North Country Lake! – June 28
DESCRIPTION:This in-person session is June 28 from 9:30-11:00 am at the Cass County Land Office\, 218 Washburn Avenue E\, Backus\, MN 56435 \nDr. Bruce R. Carlson\, a retired professor from the University of Michigan Medical School\, will lead the session addressing: \n\nAn overview of how a typical area lake is put together and how it functions\nNumerous underwater videos that paint a vivid picture of the fascinating activities of many of the aquatic inhabitants of the lake\nHow zebra mussels and Eurasian water milfoil affect the ecology of a lake.\n\nDr. Carlson has written two books on lakes and a new one on aquatic invasive species.  An avid fisherman\, for 25 years\, he wrote articles for In-Fisherman magazine.
URL:https://mncola.org/event/an-underwater-tour-through-a-north-country-lake-june-28/
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