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Apple Valley Home & Garden Show 9:00 am
Apple Valley Home & Garden Show @ Dakota County Western Service Center
Apr 8 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
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The City will have a number of staff members at the Show highlighting Emerald ash borer detection, buckthorn identification, and a chance to help steer its upcoming Surface Water Management Plan. Pick up a reusable dog bag holder and help keep our lakes clean!
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Haul buckthorn at Vermillion Aquatic Management Area 9:30 am
Haul buckthorn at Vermillion Aquatic Management Area @ Vermillion Aquatic Management Area
Apr 15 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
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After a short hike, volunteers will haul out pre-cut buckthorn, a woody invasive lopped a few days before by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Civilian Conservation Corps crews. Volunteers will work in an Aquatic Management Area (AMA). AMAs are a special form of land protection meant [...]
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Earth Day Birding Festival 8:00 am
Earth Day Birding Festival @ Carpenter Nature Center
Apr 22 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Earth Day Birding Festival at Carpenter St. Croix Nature Center will feature an “Introduction to Birding” class, a “Raptors 101” class, bird banding demonstrations, guided bird trips in the Hastings area, and a Youth Birding Competition. The program fee is $5 per person or $15 [...]
City of Lakeville’s 2017 Watershed Cleanup Day and Earth Day Celebration 9:00 am
City of Lakeville’s 2017 Watershed Cleanup Day and Earth Day Celebration @ Central Maintenance Facility
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
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Event is in two parts – come to one or both parts: 9-11 a.m. – individual groups remove litter from parks, waterways, trails, and roadways. Participants get a free t-shirt and lunch. Sign up by April 12 – call 952-985-4500. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. – [...]
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City of Farmington’s Pond & Park Cleanup Day 9:00 am
City of Farmington’s Pond & Park Cleanup Day @ In a neighborhood near you
Apr 29 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
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Ponds, parks, and the natural areas around them collect much of the debris from the windy winter weather.  Pond & Park Cleanup Day was initiated to protect the natural habitat and enhance the aesthetics of Farmington ponds and parks by cleaning up the garbage that has [...]
Plant native shrubs along the Vermillion River 9:30 am
Plant native shrubs along the Vermillion River @ Vermillion River Wilmar Property
Apr 29 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
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Spend a morning with Friends of the Mississippi staff and volunteers at the Wilmar property along the Vermillion River, a cold prairie stream in the heart of Dakota County and a major tributary of the Mississippi River. After a brief hike volunteers will install native [...]
City of Farmington’s Earth & Arbor Day Celebration 10:30 am
City of Farmington’s Earth & Arbor Day Celebration @ Rambling River Center
Apr 29 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
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Celebrate Earth & Arbor Day at this free family friendly event with science & art activities, animals, exhibits and more! Bring your old, broken crayons so they can be recycled into ones! Please leave the wrappers on the crayons (they are easier to sort).
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