Event information
Date and time
Location
Hartley Nature Center
3001 Woodland Ave
Duluth,
MN
55803
Contact
Julie Larson, [email protected]
North Woods, Great Lakes - Duluth
This course will be based at Hartley Nature Center, with multiple field trips highlighting the diversity of plants, wildlife, geology, aquatic systems and volunteer opportunities in Minnesota’s largest biome. Participants will explore ecological relationships, human impacts and local natural areas while learning through hands-on, field-based experiences.
Field trips will take place on weekends and include Sax-Zim Bog, Jay Cooke State Park and Great Lakes Aquarium, along with sites in Duluth. Participants will also practice nature journaling and phenology throughout the course.
Audience
Individuals local to Duluth
Cost
$295
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.
Accommodations
University of Minnesota Extension is committed to providing equal opportunity for participation in all programs, services and activities. To request accommodations for persons with disabilities, contact Julie Larson, [email protected] two weeks before the start of the event. Requests received after this date will be honored whenever possible.
Language
This offering is delivered in English. Interpreter services may be available with an advance request.
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.