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Nov 2023
Microchip and Sip
Mark your calendars for Animal Allies Microchip and Sip event at the Duluth Tap Exchange. Animal Allies will be offering free microchips for your furry family members. 15% of beverage sales will be donated to Animal Allies and free appetizers donated by the Pickwick will be provided.
Find out more »Eastern Chipmunks in the Northern Forest
Pam Freeman is visiting St. Scholastica to discuss the behavior of eastern chipmunks. She will also answer the common campus question, “What are they doing out there in the forest?” Freeman uses the friendly chipmunk system to introduce undergraduate students to research and get them hooked on science!
Find out more »Dec 2023
Invasion of the Vole Snatchers: Sax-Zim Bog’s Winter Wildlife
Sax-Zim Bog in northern Minnesota is a hot spot for rarely seen boreal mammals and owls. Many of them depend on the tiny vole for survival. Mark "Sparky" Stensaas' video clips and short films will show these critters in action during this presentation in the Lois King Education Center at the Sax-Zim Bog Welcome Center. Stensaas is the founder and executive director of the Friends of Sax-Zim Bog and is the author of six books on the natural history of…
Find out more »Superior, WI Christmas Bird Count
Birders will explore and document Superior's winter bird species All findings will be compiled and sent to the National Audubon Society to contribute to the nation's longest running community science bird project. Beginners are welcome and experts needed. Sign up on the Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve's event page. Contact [email protected] for more information.
Find out more »Jan 2024
Camera Trapping with Ryan Pennesi (Canceled)
This event has been canceled due to poor travel conditions. Ryan Pennesi is a wildlife and nature photographer living on the North Shore of Minnesota, based in Finland. He will share photography stories and techniques from his journey as an artist. Ryan’s specialty is "remote camera trapping" which involves a motion sensor and off camera flashes. He will discuss the history of camera trapping as well as what it can teach us in the modern age. He is most interested…
Find out more »What We’ve Learned from Five Years of Golden-winged Warbler Research
Stephen Nelson, research technician at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Natural Resources Research Institute, presents "What We’ve Learned from Five Years of Golden-winged Warbler Research in Northern Minnesota" from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Lois King Education Center at the Sax-Zim Bog Welcome Center. Although Golden-winged Warbler populations are declining throughout much of their range, the Minnesota population is relatively stable and supports more than 50 percent of its entire breeding population. Studies were conducted on Golden-winged Warblers near…
Find out more »Animal Story Time
Join Sarah Glesner of Sacred Serpents for a family-friendly fun event. Participants can meet a live snake.
Find out more »Keeper Talks
Animal care specialists at the Lake Superior Zoo chat with guests about a specific species or individual animal during twice-daily Keeper Talks. The sessions involve training, enrichment or feeding. The daily schedule runs through February.
Find out more »Keeper Talks
Animal care specialists at the Lake Superior Zoo chat with guests about a specific species or individual animal during twice-daily Keeper Talks. The sessions involve training, enrichment or feeding. The daily schedule runs through February.
Find out more »Keeper Talks
Animal care specialists at the Lake Superior Zoo chat with guests about a specific species or individual animal during twice-daily Keeper Talks. The sessions involve training, enrichment or feeding. The daily schedule runs through February.
Find out more »Keeper Talks
Animal care specialists at the Lake Superior Zoo chat with guests about a specific species or individual animal during twice-daily Keeper Talks. The sessions involve training, enrichment or feeding. The daily schedule runs through February.
Find out more »Keeper Talks
Animal care specialists at the Lake Superior Zoo chat with guests about a specific species or individual animal during twice-daily Keeper Talks. The sessions involve training, enrichment or feeding. The daily schedule runs through February.
Find out more »Keeper Talks
Animal care specialists at the Lake Superior Zoo chat with guests about a specific species or individual animal during twice-daily Keeper Talks. The sessions involve training, enrichment or feeding. The daily schedule runs through February.
Find out more »Fisher and Marten Conservation in Minnesota
Michael Joyce, wildlife ecologist at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Natural Resources Research Institute, presents "Fisher and Marten Conservation in Minnesota" from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Lois King Education Center at the Sax-Zim Bog Welcome Center. Fishers are a cryptic forest carnivore in the weasel family native to Minnesota. Fisher populations in Minnesota have declined by 50 percent over the past 20 years. During the same time, fishers have expanded their range into southern Minnesota, including the greater…
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