2025 Schedule

7:45 AM - 8:00 AM Check in near the main entrance to Voss-Kovach Hall where we will enjoy coffee and donuts and board the bus.

8:00 AM Depart for NRRI in Coleraine, MN

9:45 - 11:00  AM Presentations and tour of NRRI's Coleraine research facility

11am - 12 noon Lunch at Smoke on the Water

12:15 - 2:15 PM Blandin Forestry site visit

2:40 PM MN Power Cohasset site tour

4:15 PM Depart for Timberlake Lodge in Grand Rapids, MN

4:30 - 6:00 PM Check in at Timberlake Lodge & break

6:00 PM Dinner at Timberlake Lodge

8:00 AM Breakfast at Timberlake Lodge

8:30 AM Depart for U.S. Steel mine tour

9:45 - 11:45 AM Tour of U.S. Steel MN Ore Operations at Minntac

12:00 PM Lunch with community and legislative partners at Mesabi Range College in Virginia, MN

1:30 PM Depart for Bois Forte Heritage Center

2:45 PM Tour of Bois Forte Heritage Center

4:00 PM Depart for Tower Soudan Mine

4:30 PM Tour Tower Soudan Mine above ground, visit geologic sites and meet with UMD researcher Cody Sheik

5:30 PM Depart for dinner

6:15 PM Dinner at Whistling Bird

8:00 PM Depart for Duluth

9:00 PM Arrive at UMD and say farewell