3RD
Annual Phenology Gathering
organized by the Minnesota Phenology Network
Do you like keeping track of when the first
butterflies arrive, when birds appear at
your feeders, when trees leaf out or change
color or do you just enjoy observing nature?
Join us for a weekend full of
fun events to learn, share, and enjoy spring
in the piney woods of the Cloquet Forestry
Center. Enthusiasts, casual observers,
professionals, teachers, and researchers all
have something to gain.
Date: April 27th - 29th, 2012
Location: Cloquet Forestry Center, Cloquet,
MN
Keynote
Speakers:
Friday the 27th
Dr. Mark Seeley
(State Climatologist - University of
Minnesota)
Saturday the 28th
Dr. Lee Frelich
(Director - Center for Forest Ecology,
University of Minnesota)
Dr. Lucinda Johnson
(Director - Natural Resources Research
Institute, UMD)
Additional
speakers/guests:
Dr. Rebecca Montgomery (Associate Professor
of Forest Resources - UMN)
Eli Sagor (Extension educator and Associate
Extension Professor- UMN)
Nathan Meyer (Program
Leader for Environmental Science Education -
UMN)
Dr. Theresa Crimmins (Partnership
Coordinator -USA National Phenology Network)
Kristen Poppleton (Education Program Manager
-Will Steger Foundation)
John Latimer (Naturalist and host of the
Phenology program on KAXE radio)
Peter Harris (Educational specialist
Wolf-Ridge Environmental Learning center)
Larry Weber (Retired teacher, Author, and
Naturalist)
Chris Buyarski (Junior Scientist in Forest
Resources - UMN)
Carrie Pike (Director of the Cloquet
Forestry Center - UMN)
June Kallestad (Public Relations Manager
NRRI - UMN)
Field trips
& Tour locations:
Jay Cooke State Park
B4WARMED – a climate change experiment in
Minnesota’s boreal forest
Cloquet Forestry Center walks/hayrides
Natural Resources Research Institute - UMD
Webwood