Current Priorities
We’ll read All We Can Save, a book that intermixes essays and poetry from women at the forefront of the climate movement. Attend any session to discuss and build community around solutions. All are welcome. Books available if needed.
Date: Wednesday, May 8th—Nourish, Rise, Onward (pgs 287-374)
Time: 7pm–8:30pm
Location: Garden Party Books, 602 7t St. NW, Rochester
Join us for an evening of engaging conversation over a meal that focuses on the climate impact of our food. Learn about each ingredient in the food and its environmental impact.
Date: Wednesday, May 8th
Time: 5pm–7pm
Location: Harmony Co-Op, 302 Irvine Ave NW, Bemidji
Learn to identify buckthorn in various stages of growth and its impacts on our ecosystems and economy. Bring a phone or camera if you want to take pictures of specimens we identify and remember to wear pants and closed-toe shoes. After learning to identify buckthorn together, we will put our skills to the test and walk around the park identifying the plant.
Date: Saturday, May 11th
Time: 1:30pm–3pm
Location: Sauk River Regional Park, 3237 Dolores Dr, St Cloud
Join us for a family-friendly event where birders of all experience levels team up to count as many species of birds as possible. Let’s hit the trails and try to break the current record of 93 species!
Date: Saturday, May 11th
Time: 6:45am–11am: Birding | 11am–1pm: Bird count tally and light lunch
Location: Boulder Lake ELC, 7328 Boulder Dam Rd, Duluth
RESCHEDULED --- Join the Rochester IKES and Conservation Minnesota to honor Earth Day with a buckthorn cutting and pulling party. Bring gloves, loppers and/or hand saws, water, protective eyewear, and sturdy shoes.
Date: Saturday, May 11th
Time: 10am–12pm
Location: Izaak Walton Wetlands—on the south side of Salem Road, 1 mile west of Mayowood Road
As part of the Seasonal Saturday event at Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Conservation Minnesota will be hosting a build your own bird feeder activity! We will also have coloring pages celebrating the birds of Migratory Bird Day, which coincides with Seasonal Saturday.
Date: Saturday, May 11th
Time: 11am–2pm
Location: Minnesota Marine Art Museum, 800 Riverview Dr, Winona
Learn more about pollinator-friendly lawn care. We’ll talk about all the different ways you can decrease your lawn maintenance effort, help native insects and plants, and support your gorgeous lawn. All attendees will receive native plant seeds to take home.
Date: Friday, May 17th
Time: 4pm–5pm
Location: Bemidji Public Library, 509 America Ave NW, Bemidji
Learn about carbon markets and what “net zero” emissions claims mean. We’ll put into perspective how true emissions reductions compare to an offsetting approach and clear the confusion about how to use one of our most powerful tools available to the general public: purchasing power.
Date: Monday, May 20th
Time: 4pm–5pm
Location: Bemidji Public Library Meeting Room, 509 America Ave NW, Bemidji
Join Conservation Minnesota’s Environmental Film Club to talk about climate
change and how media can be used to examine our feelings toward our environment. View each film on your own a week before the meetings. Sign up for one or all.
May 25: THE DEAD DON'T DIE—9am–10am
Register for The Dead Don't Die discussion
June 1: FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST—9am–10am
Register for FernGully: The Last Rainforest discussion
June 8: NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND—11am–12pm
Register for Nausicaa of the Valley of the Mind discussion
June 15: THE LAST UNICORN—11am–12pm
Register for The Last Unicorn discussion