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Seeding + garlic mustard pull at Vermillion River Linear Park
Join the Vermillion Stewards in distributing native seed and removing garlic mustard at Vermillion River Linear Park in Hastings. Friends of the Mississippi River staff will provide instructions. Please contact Sophie Downey to register. FMR requests limiting groups to 4 or fewer.
Buckthorn Removal at Rambling River Park
Join the Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization and the City of Farmington to clear out invasive buckthorn around the Vermillion River! Meet at 10 a.m. at the pavilion at Rambling River Park for instructions. Please bring your own tools (loppers, pruners, gloves, safety glasses) and dress appropriately.
Register ahead of time at https://www.vermillionriverwatershed.org/signup-form-buckthorn-removal-at-rambling-river-park/ so we can have a head count. Everyone is welcome – you do not have to live in Farmington to participate.
Watershed Planning Commission Meeting
This meeting has been canceled due to a lack of a quorum.
Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Board Meeting
Zoom access:
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Webinar ID: 949 6459 9772
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Capture and Release Pollinator Sampling Field Day | Lakeville
Join Great River Greening, U of M Extension Bee Lab, and the Xerces Society for a hands-on pollinator capture and release sampling field day. Participants will gain more experience with capture and release practices, as well as pollinator identification.
Sampling field days will take place on multiple days at both Ritter Farm in Lakeville and Spring Lake Regional Park in Prior Lake with morning and afternoon sessions available. With multiple sampling efforts throughout the summer, we will gain a better understanding of how pollinator populations are responding to our restoration efforts.
Additional field days are scheduled for:
– Thursday, July 7
– Tuesday, August 9
– Thursday, August 25
To sign up for Spring Lake Regional Park sampling days, visit https://givepul.se/1abay9.
Watershed Planning Commission Meeting
Zoom access:
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://dakotacountymn.zoom.us/j/93284034433?pwd=T254SXVweXY3eTUreldROE1XVFJQZz09
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Webinar ID: 932 8403 4433
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Kernza Field Day with Kimber Contours Farm
Join host farmer Kurt Kimber, the Perennial Promise Growers Cooperative, the University of Minnesota, and the Land Institute to tour demonstration plantings of organic Kernza(R) and prairie strips! Water, lemonade, and Kernza snacks provided.
More about Kernza: forevergreen.umn.edu
