1. January 13, 2026: Exploring the World of Insects (and more!) Through Photography with Ray Colby
2. February 10, 2026: When Native Prairie Plants Are Patient — and You Aren’t, with Brent J. Anderson
1. January 14, 2025: Loony for Minnesota’s State Bird with Maddi Nistler
2. March 11, 2025: Birds in Migration at Hawk Ridge with Margie Menzies
3. April 8, 2025: Experiences and Photos as a Bluebird Recovery Volunteer with Kathy Meinhardt
4. May 13, 2025: White-Tailed Deer Movement and Disease in the Twin Cities Metro with Meggan Craft
5. September 9, 2025 From Fork to Forest -- Why we can't solve the climate crisis without changing how we eat with Nicola Philpott and Anna Larsson
6. October 14, 2025: Restoring Native Ecosystems at MN Valley NWR-WMD with Matt McClanahan
1. January 11, 2024: Bugs Below Zero: Engaging Citizens in Winter Research with Dr. Rebecca Swenson, Dr. Amy Schrank,
and Dr. Alyssa Anderson
2. February 8, 2024: Dark Skies and Astrophotography with Terry Nielsen of DarkSky International
3. March 14, 2024: One Herd, Many Locations--Bison in Minnesota Today and the Future with WMC member Rena Chrysler
4. October 15, 2024: Land Conservation Natural Burial Project with Alicia Waters and Zac Willette
5. November 12, 2024: Minnesota's Freshwater Mussels with Zoe Schroeder
6. December 10, 2024: Working Together Protecting Our Water with Gael Zembal
1. February 9, 2023: Seeing Nature through Drawing with Vera Ming Wong
2. March 9, 2023: Cranes over Minnesota with Stephanie Schmidt
3. April 13, 2023: Beavers Are the Answer, the Question Is Irrelevant with Steve Windels
4. May 11, 2023: Roads to Conservation with Christopher E. Smith
5. Thursday, September 14, 2023: Trees, Trash to Treasure, How Minnetonka Is Turning a Problem into a Resource with Hannibal Hayes
6. Thursday, October 12, 2023: Amazing Bats with Jay Ritterson
7. November 9, 2023: For the Love of Lichens, Minnesota Lichen Map Project with WMC members Zan Tomko and Elaine Larson
8. December 14, 2023: Exploring the Mississippi by Canoe, Dam Portages and River Angels with Mary Lynn Kenknigh
1. January 13, 2022: Population Ecology of Trumpeter Swans in the Midwest with David Wolfson
2. February 10, 2022: Bobcats and Fishers in Minnesota History, Ecology, and Interactions with Michael Joyce
3. March 10, 2022: Minnesota Turtle Conservation with Tricia Markle, PhD
4. April 14 , 2022: Minnesota Biological Survey with Bruce Carlson
5. May 12, 2022: Minnesota’s Dragonflies and Damselflies with Curt Oien
6. October 13, 2022: Tree Communities, Do Neighbors Get Along? with Maria Park
7. November 10, 2022: Minnesota's Native Orchids with Rosemary and Malcom MacFarlane
8. December 8, 2022: Waterways, Human Interaction, and the Deep History of Water in Minnesota with Justin Blum
1. January 14, 2021: Metropolitan Regional Parks, Gateways to Nature or a Missed Opportunity with Holly Jenkins,
Wilderness in the City.
2. February 11, 2021: Chloride & Minnesota Waters with Brooke Asleson, Chloride Coordinator at Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency (MPCA)
3. March 11, 2021: Minnesota Karst Hydrogeology, Dissolving Bedrock and the Power of Water with author and professor emeritus
E. Calvin Alexander, Jr. of Earth and Environmental Sciences at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
4. April 8, 2021: Revitalizing the Landscape with Matt Kumka, Senior Landscape Architect and Project Manager with Barr Engineering Co.
5. May 13, 2021: Where Are All the Skunks? Cameras and Camera Trapping with Steven Hogg, Wildlife Supervisor at Three Rivers.
6. June 10, 2021: Understanding Our Wild Canid Neighbors, Coyotes and Foxes in the Twin Cities Area with Nick McCann
and Geoff Miller
7. September 9, 2021: Reviving Heritage, Conservation Through Indigenous Culture with Cecelia Benimon and Katie Bloome
8. October 14, 2021: Getting to Know Minnesota Mushrooms with Ron Spinosa
9. November 11, 2021: Mosses and Lichens of Minnesota Forests, How many are there and what impacts might they have
with Daniel Stanton
10. December 9, 2021: My Life among the Animals with Gordon Dietzman