You may have read the title of this blog post and wondered, “What? I thought this was the Exploring Minnesota’s Natural History blog?” It still is. However, the title of this post addresses an unanticipated outcome of our project. By…
Were you reading carefully? This Friday we’re not featuring Flora or Fungi. This Friday is all about Fuca – the Strait of Juan de Fuca to be exact. Why are we featuring a strait off of the Pacific Ocean in…
Yesterday, I shared photographs of the Minnesota Seaside Station from the collection of the Department of Botany. But I didn’t share them all… The Minnesota Seaside Station, located near Port Renfrew off of the coast of British Columbia in the…
On page 676 of Vol. 19, No. 487 of the journal Science, a notice appears from Conway MacMillan, professor of Botany at the University of Minnesota, and State Botanist for the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey. The notice informed…
Last summer I made a resolution to explore Minnesota by visiting destinations in my home state that I have not yet experienced. I started with an excursion to Ely and the Sudan mine last August, and just this past…