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From: Nancy Sather (npsUSFAMILY.NET) | |
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 19:05:53 -0500 |
(Some folks not on the folk school listserve are also receiving blind copies of this e-mail so if the style of the message baffles you, you may be one of those folks. The Folk School usually has a retreat in SW MN on Labor Day Weekend) If you're feeling adrift and prairie-less because there's no Folk School Retreat on Labor Day weekend, here's your opportunity to fill your weekend with LABOR on the prairie. The DNR rare plant monitoring program is looking for volunteers to monitor the federally threatened prairie bush clover at Kilen Woods State Park. (That means you can see with your own eyes a plant on the endangered species list). Kilen Woods is about 30 miles from Shalom Hill Farm. We start monitoring on Thursday at 9 AM and go right through Sunday, but volunteers may come any day for the full day. Volunteers who can contribute two full days in the field are eligible for reimbursement of their mileage and modest lodging costs (up to prevailing local motel rates in Windom or Jackson.) There is nice camping at the Park. State park camping fees apply, but while you are working in the prairie you don't have to pay for a park day permit. So--what would you be doing? Bending over a square meter plot, locating every big and little bush clover, counting their branches and seeds and measuring their height. Or--if the crew is large enough--assisting with a census that still keeps tract meter by meter, but is simply counting the number of bush clovers per meter. Eating your picnic lunch on the hill. Baking in the hot sun. Getting a back ache. Seeing lots of pretty prairie flowers. To learn about bush clovers go to: http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/natural_resources/invasives/PBclover.pdf be patient, it takes forever to load. A faster site is: To learn about the place we are monitoring go to: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/snas/sna01036/index.html To learn about the park go http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/kilen_woods/index.html To learn more about this project, to schedule a day or two to help, etc; please contact me directly either at my work e-mail nancy.sather [at] dnr.state.mn.us or my home e-mail nps [at] usfamily.net Spaces are limited--that is to say, we can probably only use about 8 volunteers at a time. At the moment I can use up to four more people each day of the week. Bonus--I'm leading a prairie field trip at the park for campers & visitors on Saturday at 9:30 AM. Please don't just turn up, you need to know what to bring and exactly where to meet. Please do come--it's one of the nicest prairies in SW MN. Nancy Sather Nancy Sather
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