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Summer Gathering & Board of Directors - August 11 & 12, 2018
Date and time
Location
Marcell Experimental Field Station
43122 Wilderness Trail Bovey, MN 55709Refund Policy
Description
SUMMER GATHERING & BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
August 10 & 11, 2018
hosted by Wes Libbey Northern Lakes Chapter
Friday, August 10
Social time with drinks and pizza at The Dutch Room, 702 NW 4th Street, Grand Rapids, MN 55744 (right on Highway 2). Drinks must be purchased by attendees on site. Pizza will be paid with registration for Friday.
Saturday, August 11
All activities will be held at the Marcell Experimental Forest Field Laboratory, 43122 Wilderness Trail, Bovey, MN 55709. GPS coordinates are N 47 degrees 30.167 minutes, W 93 degrees 28.967 minutes.
8:00 - 9:00 AM – Breakfast/Registration Coffee, fruit, and sweet rolls will be provided.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM – Board of Directors meeting.
12:00 -1:00 PM – Lunch Box lunch and beverages will be provided for those who have pre-registered. Please see registration form.
1:00 - 2:00 PM – Overview of Marcell, Peatlands, Mercury Studies and the Spruce-Peatland Responses Under Climatic and Environmental Change (SPRUCE).
2:00-2:45 PM – Visit Experimental Watershed and site of Mercury Cycling Studies.
2:45-3:30 PM – Visit SPRUCE
3:30-4:00 PM – Core a peatland, talk about peat soils
Program concludes at 4:00 PM
Other Area attractions
Lost Forty: An old growth pine stand about 50 miles from Grand Rapids in northwestern Itasca County. Mud-Goose Wildlife Management Area 25 miles west of Grand Rapids.
Forest History Center: A 1900 era re-constructed logging camp and interpretive center in Grand Rapids. Judy Garlard Museum in Grand Rapids.
Mesabi Bike trail: A surfaced bike trail from the Grand Rapids Fairgrounds to Ely.
More information available at visitgrandrapids.com.
Accomodations
Hotels: AmericInn: 800-634-3444 or 218-326-8999: Country Inn: 800-456-4000 or 218-327-4960: Super 8: 218-327-1108 and many others can be found by searching the internet.
Campgrounds: Schoolcraft State Park and Scenic State Park are in area; US Forest Service has rustic campgrounds nearby at North Star Lake and Clubhouse Lake; Army Corp of Engineers has a very nice, small, fully developed campground at Pokegama Dam just west of Grand Rapids. There is also a nice campground among large red and white pine at the Itasca County Fairgrounds in Grand Rapids. It has electric hook-ups running water and an RV dump station. It can be busy on weekends during large events.
For more information and mail in registration go to minnesotaikes.org.
Organized by
The Izaak Walton League of America is a conservation organization composed of a diverse group of men and women dedicated to protecting our nation's woods, water, soil, air and wildlife.