Season Watch Newsletter: 9/9/22

This week, we learn about wildfire management, oak galls, and get a beginner's guide to aster identification. Enjoy!

FEATURE: Wildfire Management

This week, John and Heidi talked with Tom Remus from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Forest Management Office. They discussed strategies to protect your home from wildfires, recommended forest management techniques, and how they expect to see our forests change due to the effects of climate change. Love red maples? You're in luck! Fans of jack pines, maybe not so much.

Check it out!

STUDENT AND LISTENER REPORTS

Featuring facts about oak galls and whirligig beetles!

Listen here!

JOHN LATIMER'S WEEKLY REPORT

John does a white-throated sparrow impression and gives us basic aster identification tips!

Listen to John's report!

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More dates and locations will be announced.

9/24: Phenology in the Classroom. Long Lake Conservation Center, Palisade, MN. Register here.
10/1: Phenology in the Classroom. Minnesota Association of Environmental Educators conference, Finland, MN. Register here.

SARAH'S RECOMMENDATION

After a hard week, I've been thinking a lot about community. Outside of providing support in times of hardship, having a good community of nature enthusiasts can broaden your interests, provide much-needed motivation to get outside, and often introduces you to lifelong friends! There is no shortage of options: I've had great experiences with the Minnesota Master Naturalist program (they have scholarships!), the Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project (so cool!), the Minnesota Mycological Society (for you fungus-lovers) and there are always hiking clubs, nature programs at state parks, and birding groups. Enjoy your passions, and find your people!

What are you seeing? Let me know!

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus). Ojibway: Wa- zhushk.

If your life stinks, go look for a lynx!*

*This week's tagline is brought to you by Don, my dad.

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