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Adult Learner Weekends 2024-25

Clean Energy Solutions

September 27-29, 2024

Look at how humans use energy and ways we can reduce our impact through energy conservation, efficiency and renewable energy production.

Reading the Landscape

October 25-27, 2024

Learn how to identify common Minnesota plants and trees and how disturbance on the landscape affects plant communities, patterns and distribution.

The Wonders of Winter

January 10-12, 2025

Take off into the winter world to look at tracks, plants, birds, landscapes, rivers, ice and all the unique properties of the Minnesota winter.

Minnesota Forests

February 28-March 2, 2025

Spend time in a number of habitats and learn basic tree identification, features, patterns, forest types, and forest management practices.

Spring Wildflowers

May 2-4, 2025

Get outside to learn wildflower identification, terminology and features, and investigate several beautiful spring habitats.

Birds of East Central MN

May 16-18, 2025

Gain field experiences that lead to the identification of bird species, observation of behavior, and relationship between species and habitats.

Sustainable Food Systems

June 27-29, 2025

Examine food systems and their environmental impacts through land and water usage, transportation and distribution, and animal and human welfare.

Earth Systems: Biomes

August 4-8, 2025

Explore the rich biodiversity found in Minnesota by traveling to its prairies, temperate deciduous forests, and northern coniferous forests.

Adult Learner Weekends 2024-25

Clean Energy Solutions

September 27-29, 2024

Look at how humans use energy and ways we can reduce our impact through energy conservation, efficiency and renewable energy production.

Reading the Landscape

October 25-27, 2024

Learn how to identify common Minnesota plants and trees and how disturbance on the landscape affects plant communities, patterns and distribution.

The Wonders of Winter

January 10-12, 2025

Take off into the winter world to look at tracks, plants, birds, landscapes, rivers, ice and all the unique properties of the Minnesota winter.

Minnesota Forests

February 28-March 2, 2025

Spend time in a number of habitats and learn basic tree identification, features, patterns, forest types, and forest management practices.

Spring Wildflowers

May 2-4, 2025

Get outside to learn wildflower identification, terminology and features, and investigate several beautiful spring habitats.

Birds of East Central MN

May 16-18, 2025

Gain field experiences that lead to the identification of bird species, observation of behavior, and relationship between species and habitats.

Sustainable Food Systems

June 27-29, 2025

Examine food systems and their environmental impacts through land and water usage, transportation and distribution, and animal and human welfare.

Earth Systems: Biomes

August 4-8, 2025

Explore the rich biodiversity found in Minnesota by traveling to its prairies, temperate deciduous forests, and northern coniferous forests.