Upcoming Events

Birds & Beer 

7pm, Uncommon Loon Brewing Company, 10825 Lake Blvd, Chisago City MN 55013

Birds & Beers at the Uncommon Loon in Chisago City is back for another season. Join the flock at 7pm on these dates for interesting topics, good camaraderie & great beer! Details will be provided in email notifications sent the week prior. In the meantime, mark your calendar:

  • February 18th – Sean Hoppes, Wild River State Park Naturalist (details below)
  • March 18th – Deanna Leigh, MN PlantWatch Program
  • April 15th – Erin Loeffler, Minnesota Habitat Friendly Solar Program
Feburary 18th Birds & Beers
“Learning About Nature:  Thoughts from a Naturalist”
 
February’s Wild River Audubon Society “Birds & Beers” speaker is Wild River State Park naturalist Sean Hoppes. Join us at 7:00 PM on February 18 at the Uncommon Loon  Brewing Company in Chisago City.  All are welcome.
 
Sean Hoppes has been an educator for 34 years of his 42 years on planet Earth. His curiosity about the natural world has inspired travels to diverse locations including Peru, Kenya, Costa Rica and Alaska. He has led trips for middle and high school students to such places, ever experimenting with ideas to connect people with each other and wild spaces. Sean has refined his interpretive naturalist skills at the San Francisco Zoo, an outdoor school in California, and currently as a naturalist at Wild River State Park. He is thrilled present on how people connect and learn about nature. If you are someone who leads activities for children, has kids or grandkids, or is just interested in how people learn, please join us for this conversation on exploring community, connection, facilitation, and discovery.

Zoom Meeting Recordings

4/20/21 – Dave Crawford: “Passive House Plus”
On Tuesday, April 20th, naturalist Dave Crawford described the goals, construction, and benefits of the home that he and his wife built on Lexington Parkway in St. Paul. The YouTube recording can be found here: “Passive House Plus”. Dave also has a YouTube video recorded during the home construction here: “Lexington Parkway Passive House“.

3/23/21 – Jonathan C. Slaght: “Owls of the Eastern Ice”
On Tuesday, March 23rd, author & biologist, Jonathan C. Slaght, told the story that led to his book, “Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl”. In the book, Slaght describes his five-year quest to track down the mysterious Blakiston’s Fish Owl in the forbidding reaches of eastern Russia. With his Russian collaborators, the author encountered frozen rivers, extreme weather, tigers, bears and other hazards on the mission to protect the owls from threats posed by logging companies and poachers. You can find a recording of this very interesting discussion here: Owls of the Eastern Ice the Wild River Audubon YouTube channel.

11/19/20 – J Drake Hamilton: “Climate Action the Most Important Steps We Should Take”
On Thursday, November 19th, Wild River Audubon hosted J Drake Hamilton of Fresh Energy in an online Zoom meeting. The topic was “Climate Action — the Most Important Steps We Should Take”. Ms Hamilton inspired and encouraged, sharing a positive message about how the economic advantages of clean energy are changing the game and ways we can help keep the momentum going. A recording is available on YouTube here: Climate Action Talk.

10/13/20 – Jenniver Vieth: “Saw-whet Owls”
On Tuesday, October 13th, Wild River Audubon hosted its first online Zoom meeting. The topic was “Saw-whet Owls of the St. Croix Valley” presented by Jennifer Vieth, Executive Director of the Carpenter Nature Center. A recording is available on YouTube here: Saw-whet Owl Talk.

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