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Winter Tree Care Tips
How can you prepare your trees and yards for the coming winter (and a productive spring)? In this episode, we learn from the University of Minnesota Extension forestry...
Mapping Prejudice
How can we see and act on relationships between systemic racism and our urban environments? In part one of a two-episode series, we learn from Kevin Ehrman-Solberg abo...
Minnesota Master Naturalist Volunteer Program Update
What's happening in the Minnesota Master Naturalist Volunteer program? And what's the big surprise? In this episode, we talk with Amy Rager about how the program is ad...
Bell Museum Behind the Scenes
What's happening at the state's museum of natural history? In this episode, we talk with Holly Menninger about working behind the scenes to create wonderful opportunit...
Supporting Outdoor Investigations
Are you interested in getting young people outdoors to learn about and practice science? In this episode, a team from the U of MN Extension and Raptor Lab talk about t...
Untangling Relationships between Climate, Lakes, and Aquatic Animal Populations
How is climate change likely to impact populations of fish, like walleye, or other aquatic organisms in our northern lakes? It turns out that answering this question i...
Finding & Describing Native Sponges in MN
There are sponges in Minnesota waterways? They have lived in Minnesota for millennia? In this episode, we learn from Dr. Anthony Schroeder of the U of MN Crookston abo...
Migratory Bird Monitoring
Which birds have a wolverine temperament? Which have beaks that can slice your finger if not careful? In this episode, we learn from John Loegering of the U of MN Croo...
Native Pollinator Research
How does researching native pollinators involve bee rearing? Just in time for Pollinator Week, we learn from Elaine Evans of the U of MN Bee Lab and Extension about he...
Phenology, Wild Edibles, and Ecological Farming
What is ecological farming and how does it involve naturalist skills? In this episode, we learn from Cindy Hale of Clover Valley Farms about her practice of natural hi...
Get Involved in the Carbon Capture Challenge
How much carbon can a tree capture in one summer? In this episode, we learn from Matt Russell, U of MN researcher and Extension Specialist, about the Carbon Capture Ch...
Who's Eating Our Guts? Exploring the Offal Wildlife Watching Project
What happens to deer gut piles left in the field every year by Minnesota deer hunters? In this episode, we learn from Ellen Candler, U of MN researcher, about the Offa...
Thinking Critically about the Volunteer Experience
Managing volunteers for a planned event can be a difficult challenge. For this episode of The Naturalist, we get some tips and tricks on how to do just that from Exten...
North Shore Forest Restoration
Forest restoration on the North Shore of Lake Superior is a long and complicated process. Climate change, wildlife, and stakeholder interest are only a few of the fact...
Youth and Aquatic Invasive Species
This past summer Becky Meyer, and Educator with University of Minnesota Extension took part in the first run of Water Watchers, a program aimed at introducing youth to...
Deer Management in Minnesota
Deer can have a major impact on a variety of things. Some of which you might not directly think about. Join us as we dig into this complex topic with Extension Educato...
Bee Atlas and Citizen Science
On this episode of the Naturalist we get a chance to sit down and discuss bee populations in Minnesota with Extension Educator, Elaine Evans, and Bee Atlas Program Coo...
Getting Involved in the World of Phenology
On this episode of the Naturalist, we get a chance to talk phenology with Staff Phenologist John Latimer from KAXE Community Radio in Grand Rapids and Associate Extens...
Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center
For this episode, we get a chance to talk to John Geissler and Nick Wagner from Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center about the challenges associated with running...