![Charlie Mitchell plays with students at Roots & Wings Forest School in New York Mills during a visit in April, 2024. Charlie, a 30-something androgynous person wearing rain boots, is running after an elementary school student. In the foreground is a playground with a wheelbarrow and a tractor tire. In the background is a spruce forest.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3206d23/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1063x1418+320+184/resize/150x200!/brightness/2x0/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F16%2F0688fcea4c64bc69bea697552cc4%2F03-charlie-roots-wings-forest-school.jpg)
Charlie Mitchell
Phenology CoordinatorCharlie Mitchell (she/they) joined KAXE in February of 2022. Charlie creates the Season Watch Newsletter, produces the Phenology Talkbacks show, coordinates the Phenology in the Classroom program, and writes nature-related stories for KAXE's website. Essentailly, Charlie is John Latimer's faithful sidekick and makes sure all of KAXE's nature/phenology programs find a second life online and in podcast form.
With a background in ecology and evolutionary biology, Charlie enjoys learning a little bit about everything, whether it's plants, mushrooms, or the star-nosed mole. (Fun fact: Moles store fat in their tails, so they don't outgrow their tunnels every time conditions are good.)
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KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of July 23, 2024.
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Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover Minnesota's wildflowers, weather conditions, or fascinating encounters with local wildlife.
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KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of July 16, 2024.
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Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, animal behaviors, weather patterns and other wonders.
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Pam Perry, our favorite retired non-game wildlife biologist, stops by each month to talk about Minnesota phenology with our staff phenologist, John Latimer.
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KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of July 9, 2024, featuring hummingbirds, skunks, and July wildflowers.
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Students and listeners from across the state share what they're seeing in nature. This is the week of July 9, 2024.
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KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of July 2, 2024.
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Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, animal behaviors, weather patterns and other wonders.
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KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of June 25, 2024.