[mou-net] MRVAC meeting Thursday 2/24: Chad Heins "Spiders in Minnesota"

[Steve Weston]

Matthew Schaut of MRVAC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

*“Spiders in Minnesota”Chad Heins, Bethany Lutheran College*

*Thursday, February 24 , 2022 at 7:30 PM*

Chad Heins will spin a tale about how a simple question about Minnesota’s
spiders entangled him in spider research and how that work has ballooned
into a bigger project that utilizes the World Wide Web.

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[mou-net] MRVAC Meeting Thursday: Monitoring Minnesota Bats

[Steve Weston]

 Monitoring Minnesota Bats
Thursday, April 26 @ 7:30 pm
Presented by Melissa Boman, MN Biological Survey

Bats are an incredible mammal species that provide us with many ecological
benefits. Learn about the different species of bats in Minnesota and how
the deadly disease, White-nose Syndrome will impact bats in the state and
across North America. Bat survey specialist Melissa Boman will discuss
ongoing monitoring conducted by the Minnesota Biological Survey and
measures you can take to contribute to bat conservation.

*When:* Please join us from 7:00-7:30 pm to socialize over cookies. A brief
business meeting and the featured speaker begin at 7:30 pm. The meeting
will conclude before 9:00 pm.

*Where:* Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3815
American Blvd E, Bloomington. Enter through the staff door in the middle of
the building. From Hwy 494 exit on 34th Ave, go south to American Blvd;
turn left on American and go 3 blocks. Visitor Center will be on your right.
right.
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[mou-net] MRVAC meeting Thursday 5-24

[Steve Weston]

*Why are Wild Turkey's so Successful in Urban Areas?
*

By Karl Tinsley, University of Minnesota

Join us to hear about Karl’s research on urban Wild Turkeys home ranges and
successful versus unsuccessful nest sites. "I am conducting a telemetry
study examining the behavioral response of wild turkeys (Meleagris
gallopavo) to the urban environment. My research investigates the influence
of available habitat types and landscape features have on home range
characteristics and nesting success. Therefore, I am examining home range
and habitat usage of the birds in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan
area, including both annual and seasonal home range characteristics for
differences between urban individuals and individuals in more rural or
natural settings. I am also examining nest site characteristics of
successful nests, comparing them with unsuccessful nest sites and non-use
areas. It is expected this research will provide a greater understanding of
the response of species to fragmented ecosystems, as well as a basic
understanding of urban wild turkey ecology."
*

When: *Please join us May 24th from *7:00-7:30 pm *to socialize over
cookies. A brief business meeting and the featured speaker begin at *7:30 pm
*. The meeting will conclude before 9:00 pm. Meeting is free and open to
the public.  Seating is limited, first come, first seated.  But, this is
not anticipated to be a problem.
*

Where: *Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3815
American Blvd E, Bloomington.

Take Hwy 494 to 34th Ave. Go south to American Blvd; turn left and go 2
blocks. Center will be on your right.
*

Public Transit: *Accessible by Hiawatha Light Rail line, The Visitor Center
is a couple of blocks from the American Blvd. stop.


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Steve Weston
MRVAC Program Chair
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[mou-net] MRVAC meeting - Thursday

[Steve Weston]

*American Woodcock and Golden-winged Warblers: Conservation Challenges and
Opportunities in Minnesota *
At the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) meeting

On Thursday, April 26, 2012 @ 7:30 pm

Presented by Tom Cooper, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Henry Streby,
University of Minnesota and Sean Peterson, U of M

American Woodcock and Golden-winged Warblers have both experienced
range-wide population declines. Both species rely on young forest habitat,
which has declined throughout the breeding range of both species. Tom
Cooper, Henry Streby, and Sean Peterson will discuss the population status
of these species, conservation actions currently being implemented to
reverse these declines, and stewardship potential in Minnesota.
*

When:
*Please join us at *7:00 pm *to socialize over coffee and cookies from 7:00
to 7:30 pm. A brief business meeting and the featured speaker begin at *7:30
pm*. The meeting will conclude before 9:00 pm. *

Where
*: Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3815 American
Blvd. E, Bloomington *

Questions:

*call George Skinner at 952-936-0811.
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[mou-net] MRVAC Meeting Thursday: Birding in Nicaragua

[Steve Weston]

 Birding in Nicaragua

*By Joe Sausen, Wild River Audubon Society
.*

*Location:* Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Visitor Center

*Thursday, September 22, 2011*

*7:00 pm:* Socialize with coffee and cookies

*7:30 pm:* A brief MRVAC business meeting followed by the featured speaker

Join us for a report of Joe Sausen’s birding trip to Nicaragua last March.
“It will be mainly about the birding, but with a couple orchid photos, some
scenery i.e. ‘shade grown coffee plantations’ and our lodging. We tallied
170 or so bird species on this trip and can share photos of about 90 of
them.”

*Where: *Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3815
American Blvd E, Bloomington. Take Hwy 494 to 34th Ave. Go south to American
Blvd; turn left and go 2 blocks. Center will be on your right.

*Public Transit: *Accessible by Hiawatha Light Rail line, The Visitor Center
is a couple of blocks from the American Blvd. stop.


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[mou-net] MRVAC meeting Thursday

[Steve Weston]

 
Special Presentation May 26 Open to the Public 

Food Security & the Environment: Will We Have to Choose Between Meat and a 
Healthy Planet? 

By Dr. Jonathan Foley, University of Minnesota 

Jon Foley is the Director of the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the 
University of Minnesota, where he also holds a McKnight Presidential Chair in 
the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. 

He and his colleagues have been studying how to double food production, cut 
greenhouse gases by 80 percent, and stop loss of biodiversity, pollution, and 
permanent drawdowns of aquifers. 

"What we really want is healthy food that people can afford that doesn't hurt 
the environment. Show me a subsidy right now that rewards that. Our economy 
needs to change a little bit so farmers can make a decent living doing the 
right things, which is feeding the world and being stewards of the 
environment." 

When: Please join us at Thursday, May 26th, 7:00 pm to socialize over coffee 
and cookies from 7:00 to 7:30 pm. A brief business meeting and the featured 
speaker begin at 7:30 pm. The meeting will conclude before 9:00 pm. 

Where: Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3815 American 
Blvd. E, Bloomington.  Seated is limited, but the meeting is free and open to 
all.

Steve Weston 
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[mou-net] MRVAC meeting Thursday 2/24

[Steve Weston]

The award-winning directors and photographers, Tom Ramsay and Nancy Goetzinger  
will present a program Life on the Atalantic Edge, from Georgia to Newfoundland 
this Thursday (2/24) for the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC)

www.momentwithnature.com 

Thomas Ramsay and Nancy Goetzinger illustrate the richness of the life that 
inhabits the coastline from Georgia to Newfoundland. They examine and 
inter-relate beautiful landscapes and the forces that shaped them, along with 
the fascinating plants and animals that live "on the edge:" from the upland, 
through the inter-tidal zone, to the continental shelf. Nancy and Tom, MRVAC 
members living near Washington DC, are traveling here to give this 
presentation.  Their photography will blow you away!

When: Please join us from 7:00-7:30 pm to socialize over cookies. A brief 
business meeting and the featured speaker begin at 7:30 pm. The meeting will 
conclude before 9:00 pm. 

Where: Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3815 American 
Blvd E, Bloomington. Accessible by Hiawatha Light Rail line, American Blvd. 
stop. Hwy 494 to 34th Ave - S to American Blvd; turn left and go 2 blocks. 
Center will be on your right. 

This program is free and open to the public.

Steve Weston, MRVAC Program Chair 

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[mou-net] MRVAC meeting Thursday

[Steve Weston]

The April meeting of MRVAC will be at the newly remodelled Minnesota River 
Valley Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center 3801 American Blvd, Bloomington, this 
Thursday (4/22) at 7pm and will feature Mark Lenarz of the Minnesota DNR 
talking on "Moose, Another Victim of Climate Change?"  Meetings are free and 
open to the public.
"Both summer and winter temperatures are increasing throughout the Great Lakes 
region. Concurrent with the temperature change, moose numbers throughout 
northern Minnesota are on the decline. Is this coincidence or is there reason 
to believe there is a link. I will discuss research conducted in Minnesota 
since 1995 that suggests warming temperatures are the ultimate cause for the 
declining moose populations."

When: Please join us at 7:00 pm to socialize over coffee and cookies from 7:00 
to 7:30 pm. A brief business meeting and the featured speaker begin at 7:30 pm. 
The meeting will conclude before 9:00 pm.

Directions: Take the 34th Avenue exit (same exit as the Humphry Terminal) form 
I-494 and head south to American Blvd (80th Street) and turn east (left).  
Follow the road around to the Visitor's Center on the right. 

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[mou-net] MRVAC meeting Thursday at REI

[Steve Weston]

January 28, 2010 at 7:30 pm at REI Bloomington
Grey Wolves - The Controversies and the Facts 
By Peggy Callahan, Wildlife Science Center

In the last few years, western Great Lakes states grey wolves have been removed 
and returned to the Federal Endangered Species list multiple times. Attend a 
presentation by Peggy Callahan, founder and Executive Director of the Wildlife 
Science Center, focusing on one of our areas most charismatic predators.  

This meeting will be held at REI Bloomington store just south of 494 near 
Lyndale Ave at 750 American Blvd. W, Bloomington. Join us at 7:00 pm for 
cookies and social hour and 7:30 pm for the speaker.  The meeting is free and 
open to the public.  
Steve Weston 
MRVAC Program Chair  


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