Minnesota Master Naturalist: North Woods Great Lakes

Event information

Date

Thursday, September 5, 2024 - Thursday, November 14, 2024

Add to Calendar 2024-09-05 18:00:00 2024-11-14 20:00:00 Minnesota Master Naturalist: North Woods Great Lakes Hartley Nature CenterThis course is designed to engage folks local to Duluth and will be held Thursdays from 6:00- 8:00 pm with two additional (required) all-day Saturday field trips. The course will be based at Hartley Nature Center, with multiple field trips to highlight the diversity of volunteer opportunities in the largest biome of the state. Field trips will take place on week nights as well as weekends and include: Sax-Zim Bog, Park Point, Natural Resources Research Institute, and the Great Lakes Aquarium (with a connection to the Large Lakes Observatory via their research boat). If you have ever wanted a more leisurely course to discover the biome in your backyard, this course is for you. Hartley Nature Center Hartley Nature Center Hartley Nature Center America/Chicago public

Time

6 - 8 p.m. Central time

Location

Hartley Nature Center
3001 Woodland Ave
Duluth, MN 55803

Contact

Clinton Dexter-Nienhaus, xanthomn@gmail.com, 507-525-3151

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Hartley Nature Center

This course is designed to engage folks local to Duluth and will be held Thursdays from 6:00- 8:00 pm with two additional (required) all-day Saturday field trips. The course will be based at Hartley Nature Center, with multiple field trips to highlight the diversity of volunteer opportunities in the largest biome of the state. Field trips will take place on week nights as well as weekends and include: Sax-Zim Bog, Park Point, Natural Resources Research Institute, and the Great Lakes Aquarium (with a connection to the Large Lakes Observatory via their research boat). If you have ever wanted a more leisurely course to discover the biome in your backyard, this course is for you.

Audience

Potential and current Master Naturalist volunteers.

Cost

$295. Includes manuals and supplies.

If you would like to receive a scholarship do not register now. Instead, complete this scholarship form and wait to be contacted before enrolling.

Registration

Cancelation requests received more than two weeks before the start of class are refunded minus a $20 processing fee. Cancelation requests received less than two weeks before the start of class are refunded minus $50.

About the North Woods, Great Lakes course

This core course's training is tailored to Minnesota’s unique Laurentian Mixed Forest biome. The largest biome of the state, it covers over 23 million acres of northeast Minnesota. The region contains a multitude of landscapes, including swampland, bogs, vast forests, lakes and exposed bedrock.

North Woods, Great Lakes covers topics of geology, glaciers, water, wildlife, humans, ecology, and botany using a variety of teaching techniques, ranging from lectures, classroom discussions, field trips, fieldwork, small group work and readings.

Participants must complete the full 40 hours of training to become a certified Minnesota Master Naturalist Volunteer.

Each participant must complete a group capstone project. Participants will choose a capstone that they can complete before finishing the course.

Learn more about Master Naturalist volunteer training