The Forest Friendly Brewery Project, or Forest to Tap, is a nonprofit-based project planned and support by a diverse group of partners that include natural resources professionals and breweries across Northern Minnesota.
The idea is that good forest management, including planting, harvesting and stewardship results in clean and healthy water for wildlife, communities and businesses, including local craft beer.
From 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 25, 10 local breweries will give out free red and burr oak saplings.
Breweries include:
- Jackpine Brewery in Baxter
- Roundhouse Brewery in Nisswa
- Portage Brewing Co. in Walker
- Klockow Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids
- Big Axe Brewing Co. in Nisswa
- Block North Brew Pub in Aitkin
- Cuyuna Brewing Co. in Crosby
- Rapids Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids
- Bemidji Brewing in Bemidji
- Rendezvous Brewing in Hackensack
Forest to Tap is supported by Dovetail Partners, the Minnesota Forest Resources Partnership and the Sustainable Forest Initiative Minnesota Implementation Committee. Seedlings donated by the Nature Conservancy.
Listen to our conversation with Mark Jacobs about Forest to Tap above!
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Contributed/Chad KaddatzJonathan Schilling, a mycologist with the U of MN, discusses wood-eating fungi. The dead and dying trees series is produced by Mark Jacobs. -
Contributed/D-Feet Walk CommitteeMinnesota Lions Hearing Foundation's annual Walk to D-Feet Hearing Loss returns to Bemidji on Saturday, June 6, 2026, beginning at Diamond Point Park. -
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Contributed/Chad KaddatzDuring the week of May 19, 2026, we enjoy reports of porcupettes, nesting loons, and a badger wandering in Little Falls. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds. -
Contributed/Steve Patterson via the KAXE-KBXE Season Watch Facebook groupPam Perry, retired DNR non-game wildlife biologist, joined KAXE staff phenologist John Latimer and Heidi Holtan to talk about warblers, pelicans, and the Merlin birding app. -
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Lorie Shaull/KAXEDuring the Phenology Report for the week of May 12, 2026 Staff Phenologist John Latimer remarks on drought tolerance in trees and the eruption of spring wildflowers. -
Contributed/Chad KaddatzDuring the week of May 12, 2026, we enjoy reports of migratory arrivals, spring azure butterflies, and leafing plants. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds. -
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