Learn about solar-powered roads, liability protection, innovations, tools, and practices to reduce salt use while maintaining safe roads. Thursday, February 2, 2017 8 am to 3 pm NEW LOCATION! Mounds View Event Center 5394 Edgewood Drive, Mounds View MN 55112 Registration Fee $135 (includes continental breakfast and buffet lunch) All attendees will receive a complimentary copy of... Read more »
Join Friends of the Mississippi River for our first volunteer event taking place at the newly protected William H. Houlton Conservation Area – Houlton Farm – for a community gathering hauling brush, Saturday, February 25. Volunteers will haul pre-cut buckthorn brush to help clear the site to make way for further restoration efforts. Following the brush haul, lunch... Read more »
You are invited to hear Minnesota Climatologist Mark Seeley and Mark Kulda of the Insurance Federation of Minnesota explain how severe hail storms and other effects of climate change are resulting in increasing homeowner insurance premiums and other costs. Over the past twenty years, Minnesota homeowners have seen one of the highest rates of increase... Read more »
Raise a glass for bees! Join Pollinate Minnesota & Pesticide Action Network for a happy hour fundraiser Last year, Minnesota stepped up as a national leader on pollinator protection when Governor Dayton issued an executive order on pollinators, backed by strong science from the state's Department of Agriculture. Governor Dayton's new plan has the potential... Read more »