Written by: Kelly Beaster On an unseasonably warm October morning, members of ANPE joined members of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER), based at the University of Minnesota Duluth, at Lester Park for a collaborative forest restoration project. With plenty of strong hands to help, members of both groups hauled fencing, T-posts, post pounders, plantingContinue reading “Lester Park Stewardship Planting 10.10.2026”
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Endangered Hemlock in MN 11.18.2025
Written by: Kelly Beaster This November, ANPE members took a deep dive into one of Minnesota’s most elusive conifers – eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) or Gaagaamich in ojibwe, meaning ‘porcupine tree’. Ethan Perry, botanist and plant ecologist with the MN Department of Natural Resources, shared some unique characteristics of hemlock, including that it superficially canContinue reading “Endangered Hemlock in MN 11.18.2025”
Discovering the Icelandite SNA 11.21.2024
Written by Ethan Perry What could be better for a bunch of native plant enthusiasts to do on a November night than gather to hear about another excited place to explore? For our last event, at Hartley Nature Center, that exciting place was the newly established Icelandite Coastal Fen state Scientific and Natural Area (SNA),Continue reading “Discovering the Icelandite SNA 11.21.2024”
