The Wandering Naturalist
By Three Rivers Park District
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Episodes: 203
Description
Explore the history and present of over 27,000 acres of park land inside Minnesota's Hennepin County and surrounding areas. Hosts Angela (wildlife biologist) and Brandon (interpretive naturalist) guide you through this suburban wilderness managed by the Three Rivers Park District.
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Episode 203: Secrets of the Soil - Bugs in the Soil
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 202: Secrets of the Soil - Keepers of the Soil
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 201: Secrets of the Soil - Jumping Worms
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 200: Talking Turkey - Hunting Wild Turkey
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 199: Talking Turkey - Managing Game Birds
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 198: Talking Turkey - Dispelling Myths
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 197: Women and Wilderness – Land for Healing
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 196: Women and Wilderness – Sparks of Hope
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 195: Women and Wilderness – Changing Outdoor Paths
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 194: What's Love Got To Do With It - Symbiotes with The Land
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 193: What's Love Got To Do With It - Cultural Bias in Science
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 192: What's Love Got To Do With It - The Good, The Bad, and The Heartbroken
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 191: Bugs are Friends - Even in Your House
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 190: Bugs are Friends - A Bug Library
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 189: Bugs Are Friends - What is a Bug?
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 188: TEK - Bringing Back Fire?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 187: TEK - Understand Native Minnesota
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 186: TEK - What is TEK?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 185: Warm Winters - A Personal Story
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 184: Warm Winters - Managing Parks
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 183: Warm Winters - Minnesota's Climate Change
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 182 – What Was That? - Rocky Lied to Me!
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 181 - What was That? - Moth Magic
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 180 - What was That? - Bumps in the Night
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 179 - Access Through Community - Urban Roots
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Episode 178 - Access Through Community - Birdability
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Episode 177 - Access Through Community - How do Community Groups Help?
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Episode 176 - It's Not A Carp - The Gar Guy
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 175 - It's Not A Carp - Minnesota's Fish
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 174 - It's Not A Carp - Is it a Rough Fish?
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 173 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Beetle - If you Build It
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Episode 172 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Beetle - What's in a Name
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Episode 171 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Beetle - The World's Fastest Insect
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Episode 170 - The Bug Balance - The Xerces Society
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Episode 169 - The Bug Balance - Samurai Wasps
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Episode 168 - The Bug Balance - Farming Without Pesticide
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Episode 167 - Highway to the Nature Zone - MN DOT
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 166 - Highway to the Nature Zone - Road Ecology
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 165 - Highway to the Nature Zone - The Need for Green
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 164 - Nature Fools - Myths of the Past
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 163 - Nature Fools - Nature Center Edition!
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 162 - Nature Fools - Brandon and Angela's Favorite Myths
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 161 – BONUS – Women and Wilderness – Breaking Trail
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode 160 - Women and Wilderness – Becoming an Outdoors Woman
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode 159 - Women and Wilderness – Outdoor Recreation
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode 158 - Women and Wilderness – Re-defining
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode 157 - Black Bear, Black Bear Where Can You Live? - An Ojibwe Perspective
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 156 - Black Bear, Black Bear Where Can You Live? - Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Mexico
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 155 - Black Bear, Black Bear Where Can You Live? - Hennepin County!
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 154: Snow Bugs - Antifreeze Chemistry
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 153: Snow Bugs - Bugs Below Zero Project
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 152: Snow Bugs - They're Super Cool
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 151: The Painted Duck - In Three Rivers Parks
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 150: The Painted Duck - A Conservation Story
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 149: The Painted Duck - Leaping into Wood Ducks
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 148: The Future of Conservation - There's an App for That
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Episode 147: The Future of Conservation - Who's a Good Conservationist?!
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Episode 146: The Future of Conservation - Drones, Monarchs, and Milkweed Oh My
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Episode 145: The Art of the Wandering Naturalist
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Episode 144: Minnesota's Other State Bird - Good Mosquitos?
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Episode 143: Minnesota's Other State Bird - Mosquito Control District
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Episode 142: Minnesota's Other State Bird - Mosquitos 101
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Episode 141: Glowing Amphibians - The Salamanders of Minnesota
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Episode 140: Glowing Amphibians - Wait, They Glow?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Episode 139: Glowing Amphibians - What is a Salamander?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Episode 138: The Golden Forb - Gardening with Goldenrods
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Episode 137: The Golden Forb - The Misunderstood Club
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Episode 136: The Golden Forb - A Mini-Ecosystem
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Episode 135: Migratory Bird Festival - Live - Audience Questions
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Episode 134: Migratory Bird Festival - Live - A Cross Countries Partnership
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Episode 133: The Comeback Bird - Analyzing Results
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Episode 132: The Comeback Bird - Hacking the Reintroduction
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Episode 131: The Comeback Bird - Ospreys
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Episode 130: Birds of Prey - Eagle Artifacts
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 129: Birds of Prey - The Raptor Center
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 128: Birds of Prey - Hawk Ridge
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 127: Birds Got Rhythm - Bioacoustics Conservation
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May 04, 2022 |
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Episode 126: Birds Got Rhythm - Surveys by Ear
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May 04, 2022 |
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Episode 125: Birds Got Rhythm - It's All About the Syrinx
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May 04, 2022 |
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Episode 124: A Synanthropic Companion - Purple Martin Care in the Park District
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Episode 123: A Synanthropic Companion - From Pennsylvania to Brazil
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Episode 122: A Synanthropic Companion - Purple Martins
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Episode 121: Song Dog - Urban Studies
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Episode 120: Song Dog - Managing with Coyotes
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Episode 119: Song Dog - A Brief History of Coyotes
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Episode 118: Fur Trade to Today - A Personal Story
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Episode 117: Fur Trade to Today - Understanding Barriers to Park Access
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Episode 116: Fur Trade to Today - The Bonga Legacy
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Episode 115: Bird is the Word – The Missing Winter Birds
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Episode 114: Bird is the Word - Dr. Sushma Reddy and Bird Evolution
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Episode 113: Bird is the Word - Birding Before Minnesota was a State
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Episode 112: Bird is the Word - Introduction to BYOB
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Episode 111: The Final Frontier - NASA Ambassador
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 110: The Final Frontier - A Native Perspective on the Night Sky
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 109: The Final Frontier - Lights at Night
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 108: The Final Frontier - Animals at Night
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 107: Old Neighbors and New Neighbors: Neighbors from Colombia
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Episode 106: Old Neighbors and New Neighbors: Neighbors from Croatia
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Episode 105: Old Neighbors and New Neighbors: Neighbors from Switzerland
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Episode 104: Removed from Nature, A Real Fear - The Only Thing to Fear is…Yourself?
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Episode 103: Removed from Nature, A Real Fear - Fear in Our Parks?
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Episode 102: Removed from Nature, A Real Fear - A Historical Perspective
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Episode 101: Fall Colors to Spring Buds - Maples and Climate Change
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Episode 100: Fall Colors to Spring Buds - The Tree Nursery
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Episode 99: Fall Colors to Spring Buds - What's Happening?
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Episode 98: Mussels Matter - A Trip to the Zoo
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Episode 97: Mussels Matter - Restoring Mussels
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Episode 96: Mussels Matter - What is a Mussel?
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Episode 95: The Rivers That Shape Us: The Crow - A Farmers Perspective
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 94: The Rivers That Shape Us: The Crow - Minnesota Agriculture Water Quality Certification Program
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 93: The Rivers That Shape Us: The Crow - Keeping it Clean
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 92: Casting a Line - Fishing in Our Parks
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Episode 91: Casting a Line - Local Fishing tips
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Episode 90: Casting a Line - Fish Habitats
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Episode 89: Coffee for Birds – Minnesota Roasting
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 88: Coffee for Birds - Coffee Farmers' Perspectives
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 87: Coffee for Birds - Supporting Local Communities
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 86: Coffee for Birds - What's a Bird Got to do With it?
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 85: Accessible Outdoors - Planning for Everyone
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Episode 84: Accessible Outdoors - Adapted Programming
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Episode 83: Accessible Outdoors - An AuSM Partnership
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Episode 82: Healing in Nature, Opt Outside
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Episode 81: Healing in Nature, Soap for the Soul
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Episode 80: Healing in Nature, Get the Prescription
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Episode 79: Nature of Love - The Language of Flowers
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Episode 78: Nature of Love - The Love Life of Plants
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Episode 77: Nature of Love - "Weird" Mating Habits in the Animal World
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Episode 76: Landing into History - Modern Management
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Episode 75: Landing into History - Archeology
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Episode 74: Volunteering for at Risk and Vulnerable Species
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Episode 73: Protecting at Risk and Vulnerable Species
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Episode 72: Discovering at Risk and Vulnerable Species
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Episode 71: Fire to Frost - A Prairie Story Across Minnesota
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Episode 70: Fire to Frost - A Prairie Story of Restoration
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Episode 69: Fire to Frost - A Prairie Story of Seasons
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Episode 68: It Came From the Bottom of the Web - Spider Research and You
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Episode 67: It Came From the Bottom of the Web - Spider Webs and Spider Brains
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Episode 66: It Came From the Bottom of the Web - Spiders 101
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Episode 65: Fungi are The Life of the Party: Grow Your Own!
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Episode 64: Fungi are The Life of the Party: Fungal Invaders
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Episode 63: Fungi are The Life of the Party: Exploring a Kingdom
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Episode 62: Mexico to Minnesota: Monarchs from a Chicano Point of View
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Episode 61: Mexico to Minnesota: Tagging and Planting
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Episode 60: Mexico to Minnesota: Piecing Together the Monarch Migration
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Episode 59 - Minnesota’s Agriculture: From the Past to the Future - Sustainability
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Episode 58 - Minnesota’s Agriculture: From the Past to the Future - The Rise of Dairy
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Episode 57 - Minnesota’s Agriculture: From the Past to the Future - Learning from Native Elders
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Episode 56 - A Light in the Dark - Citizen Science and Fireflies
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Episode 55 - A Light in the Dark - You Can't Handle the Truth!
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Episode 54 - A Light in the Dark - Fireflies 101
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Episode 53 - Are you my Mother? Historical and Cultural European Childcare
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May 06, 2020 |
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Episode 52 - Are you my Mother? Historical and Cultural Ojibwe Childcare
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May 06, 2020 |
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Episode 51 - Are you my Mother? Farm Babies
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May 06, 2020 |
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Episode 50 - Are you my Mother? The Parental Spectrum of Nature
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May 06, 2020 |
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Episode 49 - Swan Song to Trumpets of Success – Current Swan Research and Rehabilitation
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Episode 48 - Swan Song to Trumpets of Success – A Historic Timeline
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Episode 47 - Swan Song to Trumpets of Success – Trumpeter Swan Basics
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Episode 46 - Under Pressure: Urban Sprawl - 80/20
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Episode 45 - Under Pressure: Urban Sprawl - To Develop or Not to Develop?
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Episode 44 - Under Pressure: Urban Sprawl - A Spectrum of Parks
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Episode 43 - The Rivers that Shape Us… The Mississippi, Dams, and Birds
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Episode 42 - The Rivers that Shape us… The Mississippi and How Geology Shaped its Use
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Episode 41 - The Rivers that Shape Us… The Mississippi and its Geology
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Episode 40 - Ice, Ice, Nature - From Ice Harvesting to Ice Fishing, How Humans Use Ice
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Episode 39 - Ice, Ice, Nature - Invasion of the Oxygen Snatchers
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Episode 38 - Ice, Ice, Nature - Life Under the Ice
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Episode 37 - Winter Strategies: Turtle Habits and Human Clothes
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Episode 36 - Winter Strategies: Bird Banding and Winter Migration
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Episode 35 - Winter Strategies: Should I Stay or Should I Go - Getting MADD
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Episode 34 - Buck-ing the Trend: Hunters, The Next Generation
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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Episode 33 - Buck-ing the Trend: Managing Our Deer
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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Episode 32 - Buck-ing the Trend: Deer 101
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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Episode 31 - Nature of Zombies: Historical Fascination
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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Episode 30 - Nature of Zombies: Attack of the Zombees and Plants
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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Episode 29 - Nature of Zombies: Strange World of Animal Zombies
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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Episode 28 - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship: Looking to the Future
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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Episode 27 - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship: Planting Restored Prairie
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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Episode 26 - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship: Lowry Nature Center
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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Episode 25 - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship: The Need for Parks
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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Episode 24 - Bees, Cows, and your Lunch - Native Bee Atlas
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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Episode 23 - Bees, Cows, and your Lunch - Farmer Tim and the Bees
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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Episode 22 - Bees, Cows, and your Lunch - To Bumblebee be or to Honeybee?
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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Episode 21 - Here there be Dragon(flies) - Cultural Fascination to Research Subjects
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Episode 20 - Here there be Dragon(flies) - Creatures of Aquatic Habitats
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Episode 19 - Here there be Dragon(flies) - The Transformational Journey
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Episode 18 - A Day on the Water - 1800's and Today
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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Episode 17 - A Day on the Water - Testing Our Watersheds
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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Episode 16 - A Day on the Water - Too Many Vitamins
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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Episode 15 - Flower Medicine and Taking Photos - April Showers, May Wildflowers
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May 01, 2019 |
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Episode 14 - Earthworms, Buckthorn, and Flowers, Oh My - April Showers, May Wildflowers
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May 01, 2019 |
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Episode 13 - Growing While It's Snowing - April Showers, May Wildflowers
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May 01, 2019 |
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Episode 12 - Calls of Spring – Monitoring Frogs in the Dark
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Episode 11 - Calls of Spring – Start of a Journey
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Episode 10 - Calls of Spring – The Racket of Frogs
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Episode 9 - Wandering the Sugar Bush - Cooking with Maple Syrup
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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Episode 8 - Wandering the Sugar Bush - The Science of Syruping
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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Episode 7 - Wandering the Sugar Bush - A Native Perspective on Maple Syrup
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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Episode 6 - Strange Calls in the Night - Owl Ambassadors
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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Episode 5 - Strange Calls in the Night - Tracking Owl Nests
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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Episode 4 - Strange Calls in the Night - Super Ears and Keen Eyes
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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Episode 3 - Snow and its History with Minnesota
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Episode 2 - Snow and its Relationship with Plants
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Episode 1 - Snow and its Relationship to Animals
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Dec 19, 2018 |