Stream Clean-up Crew
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Fortin Aquatic Invasive Species Training
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Workshops, Events and Volunteer Opportunities
Upcoming Webinars
Rethinking the Lawn, Mitigating Climate Change with Native Plants
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Speaker, Marilynn Torkelson, Wild Ones Prairie Edge Cost: FREE!
Learn how we can restore essential ecosystem services by converting resource intensive turf grass to beneficial and beautiful habitat in our yards and our communities. Protecting and creating healthy native plant communities and welcoming the creatures large and microscopic that come to live there, is our best hope to remedy the causes and consequences of environmental damage. In the words of Lorrie Otto, Wild Ones honorary lifetime director, “If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets, or forests...then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar.”
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81848684000?pwd=UjhRRDg1Z2wzc0tUNjdaZkZyZ2FhUT09
Meeting ID: 818 4868 4000
Password: 097880
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kWHS0sNQJ
Below are websites are a few websites to check for workshops, events, training, and volunteer opportunities near you!
City Volunteer Programs
Many cities have a volunteer coordinator. Call or email them to add your name to their potential volunteers list so you can receive the latest updates on opportunities for water quality and other improvement projects. Below is a list of city volunteer websites. Where a city volunteer page was unavailable, the parks department page is listed, so that you can contact park departments directly to ask about volunteer opportunities if you wish.
How can I plan a clean-up event?
Freshwater society clean-up event planning toolkit
Rethinking the Lawn, Mitigating Climate Change with Native Plants
Upcoming Webinars
Rethinking the Lawn, Mitigating Climate Change with Native Plants
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Speaker, Marilynn Torkelson, Wild Ones Prairie Edge Cost: FREE!
Learn how we can restore essential ecosystem services by converting resource intensive turf grass to beneficial and beautiful habitat in our yards and our communities. Protecting and creating healthy native plant communities and welcoming the creatures large and microscopic that come to live there, is our best hope to remedy the causes and consequences of environmental damage. In the words of Lorrie Otto, Wild Ones honorary lifetime director, “If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets, or forests...then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar.”
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81848684000?pwd=UjhRRDg1Z2wzc0tUNjdaZkZyZ2FhUT09
Meeting ID: 818 4868 4000
Password: 097880
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kWHS0sNQJ
Below are websites are a few websites to check for workshops, events, training, and volunteer opportunities near you!
- Blue Thumb - native plant garden training and more
- Freshwater - master water steward information sessions and more
- Metro Blooms - turfgrass alternative and raingarden training sessions for residents and more
- Fortin Consulting is frequently hired by cities, watersheds, and non-profits to provide training sessions free of charge to the community, including:
- Aquatic Invasive Species Training,
- De-icing Salt / Chloride Management Training,
- Turfgrass Maintenance Training, and more.
- Three Rivers Park District - volunteer opportunities
- Hennepin County - Environment and gardening volunteer opportunities
City Volunteer Programs
Many cities have a volunteer coordinator. Call or email them to add your name to their potential volunteers list so you can receive the latest updates on opportunities for water quality and other improvement projects. Below is a list of city volunteer websites. Where a city volunteer page was unavailable, the parks department page is listed, so that you can contact park departments directly to ask about volunteer opportunities if you wish.
- Brooklyn Center - volunteers page
- Brooklyn Park - volunteers page
- Champlin - parks page
- Cocoran - parks page
- Crystal - volunteers page
- Dayton - parks page
- Golden Valley - volunteers page
- Maple Grove - volunteers page
- Medicine Lake - city contact page
- Medina - parks page
- Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board - volunteers page
- Minnetonka - volunteers page
- New Hope - parks page
- Osseo - parks page
- Plymouth - volunteers page
- Robbinsdale - parks page
- Rogers - volunteers page
- Saint Louis Park - volunteers page
- Westwood Hills Nature Center Volunteer Opportunities - volunteers page
How can I plan a clean-up event?
Freshwater society clean-up event planning toolkit
Rethinking the Lawn, Mitigating Climate Change with Native Plants