Date:
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Time:
5:00 p.m.-7 p.m. CT
Location:
Hilltop Classroom and Joseph J. Casby Observatory
1553 Stagecoach Trail South
Afton, MN 55001
Cost:
Free
Presentation:
Meet Minnesota's winter aquatic insects and learn about their important role in winter stream food webs at the Belwin Midwinter Family Fun event, February 3, 2024, in Afton, Minnesota.
Minnesota Sea Grant's Bugs Below Zero project team will be hosting an interactive insect demonstration that connects weather, streams, aquatic insects, and fish. Adults, kids, students, and families are welcome to attend.
Connect with insect and fish researchers associated with the Bugs Below Zero project, and learn about how you can participate in citizen science activities to contribute to stream conservation and winter ecology.
Presenters:
- Dean Hansen, environmental service professional.
- Rebecca Swenson, associate professor, Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota.
- Amy Schrank, extension program leader and fisheries and aquaculture extension educator, Minnesota Sea Grant, University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Duluth.
- Alyssa Anderson, associate professor, Biology, Southwest Minnesota State University.
About Bugs Below Zero:
Bugs Below Zero was developed to show avid trout fishers, teachers, and K-12 students the importance of winter stream food webs and how they can be involved in community science to contribute to stream conservation and winter ecology research.
Want more information?
Visit the Belwin Conservancy event page.
Contact:
Amy Schrank
Fisheries and aquaculture extension educator and extension program leader
Minnesota Sea Grant, University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Duluth.
Image credit: Sarah Karnas/Bell Museum