John Latimer
Staff PhenologistAs a mail carrier in rural Grand Rapids, Minn., for 35 years, John Latimer put his own stamp on a career that delivered more than letters. Indeed, while driving the hundred-mile round-trip daily route, he passed the time by observing and recording seasonal changes in nature, learning everything he could about the area’s weather, plants and animals, and becoming the go-to guy who could answer customers’ questions about what they were seeing in the environment.
The expertise he developed along the way turned him into one of Minnesota’s leading phenologists and host of a popular weekly radio show Phenology that attracts nature lovers and regular phenology contributors from around the state.
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Staff Phenologist John Latimer shares his holiday greetings in December 2024. -
Itasca Waters hosts their next Practical Water Wisdom webinar at noon on Thursday, May 2, with fisheries biologist Don Schreiner. -
The director of Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pest Center has been working in Cass County to study the effects of this warmer winter on the emerald ash borer. -
Changes in nature can happen fast: don't miss out! Take a peek at the Season Watch Newsletter. -
John Latimer's weekly assessment of nature. -
Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather and other wonders. -
Changes in nature can happen fast: don't miss out! Take a peek at the Season Watch Newsletter.
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Downing is a professor of biology and with the Large Lakes Observatory, also serving as the director of Minnesota Sea Grant. His passion — verging on obsession — is determining when ice-out will happen each year. -
Downing is a professor of biology and with the Large Lakes Observatory, also serving as the director of Minnesota Sea Grant. His passion — verging on obsession — is determining when ice-out will happen each year.
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