Bugs Below Zero: How Citizen Volunteers can Improve Understanding of Stream Food Webs in the Winter

Registration details:

Advance registration is required. You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting after registering.

Description:

Improve your understanding of food webs, healthy waterways, and the winter life of bugs in this new citizen science project. Learn about why winter aquatic insects play a vital role in the health of trout and Minnesota streams and how you can participate.

More information about the research.

Presenters:

• University of Minnesota associate professor of Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resource Communication Rebecca Swenson
• University of Minnesota professor of Entomology Len Ferrington
• Minnesota Sea Grant Fisheries and Aquaculture Extension Educator Amy Schrank
• University of Minnesota Professor Emeritus Bruce Vondracek

Instructor:

University of Minnesota Environmental Extension Educator Andrea Lorek Strauss

Sponsor:

Minnesota Master Naturalist

Photo Credit: Krista Styer, Agricultural education communication & Marketing, University of Minnesota