Join the Cannon River Watershed Joint Powers Organization as they host the first session of the virtual learning series Land to Lake Lectures. Invasive species can quickly take over natural areas, outcompete native plants, and threaten valuable habitat. Emilie Justen from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture will highlight some of the most common invasive species landowners should be controlling, as well as emerging species that could make their way into our area in the future. Learn how to identify these invaders, understand the threats they pose, and take action to help stop their spread. The sessions will be broadcast in cooperation with the University of Minnesota-Extension on Zoom.
The free webinar will be held on Tuesday, October 20th, at 12:00 pm over the lunch hour. Register for the webinar at https://z.umn.edu/StopTheSpread. The webinar will be video recorded and posted on the CRWJPO’s website at https://www.cannonriverwatershedmn.gov/events-1 afterward for those who cannot attend.
The virtual learning sessions “Land to Lake Lectures” will continue throughout the fall and into the spring with a different topic each month over the lunch hour. Learn more about the different topics for each session at https://www.cannonriverwatershedmn.gov/events-1. For more information contact Emmie Scheffler at (507) 332-5408 or Emmie.scheffler@riceswcd.org.
