Current Priorities
Join us for a special online event to learn about Lottery funding for the Great Outdoors, and the upcoming state-wide vote needed to sustain it. We will be joined by Representative Athena Hollins, Chief Author of the lottery funding reauthorization bill, Carolina Ortiz, Associate Executive Director of COPAL, and Marcus Starr, Campaign Manager for Minnesotans For Our Great Outdoors
Date: Tuesday, October 8th
Time: 6:30pm-7:15pm
Join us to remove buckthorn from M.B. Johnson Park. Buckthorn is an invasive species that harms our ecosystems. Water, snacks, and tools will be provided. Please wear sturdy, close-toed shoes, work clothes, and gloves.
Date: Tuesday, October 15th
Time: 4pm-7pm
Location: M.B. Johnson Park, 3601 Oakport St N, Moorhead
Help clean Gooseberry Park to ensure visitors' safety and enjoyment. Volunteers will walk the trails along the river and clean up any litter they find. Trash bags and gloves will be provided.
Date: Saturday, October 19th
Time: 3pm-4pm
Location: Gooseberry Park, 100 S 22nd Ave, Moorhead
An educational workshop on night light pollution and its effects on wildlife, especially migration. Presenters will discuss bat population and health decline, the negative effects of light pollution, and ways we can reduce it. The event will include a 1-hour education session and a 2-hour bat box building session.
Date: Sunday, October 20th
Time: 1pm-4pm
Location: Nielson Spearhead Center, 48851 County 29, Bemidji