Please join MNAEP and several other local non-profit environmental organizations for a networking event at Steel Toe Brewing. This will be an informal gathering where attendees can purchase beverages and learn about the other organizations through brief presentations by each group and plenty of one-on-one networking in between. This event is free to attend for everyone but you will need to buy your own beer. It’ll be a tough decision, have you tried their beers yet?!   Featured image by Daniel…

Although not a soul seems to be happy about the April snowstorm, the timing is on par with our April program event, a presentation by Erin Anderson Wenz (PE, ENV SP; Barr Engineering) “Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation”. The event will take place at Barr’s office with a social hour to follow at Poor Richards in two weeks, on Tuesday, April 17th. At which time we can only assume it’ll be 85 degrees outside because it’s, well, Minnesota. Details below…

MNAEP is excited to announce our March event will be a seminar on Minnesota bats by Andrew Herberg (DNR) and Andrew Horton (USFWS). Discussion will include topics such as the northern long-eared bat habitat use in Minnesota, population status based on recent surveys, 4d rule, white-nose syndrome research and potential remedies, and the outlook for potential federal listing of other Minnesota bats. A social hour will follow at the very awesome Dark Horse Bar & Eatery. We look forward to…

Join the Minnesota Association of Environmental Professionals (MNAEP) for our next event on February 20th, “Culture of Collaboration: Working with Others to Move Projects Forward”. This panel discussion is about effectively integrating engagement and consultation into project planning and review. Panel members include representatives from tribal, agency, and consultant organizations who engage in consultation and outreach. Happy Hour will follow at Pinstripes located nearby. We look forward to seeing you! WHO: Panel members include: – Bill Latady – Bois Forte…

Please join the Minnesota Association of Environmental Professionals (MNAEP) for their January Event “The Story of Salt Pollution: From Source to Solutions”. Drinks and snacks will be provided before and after the presentation. With winter comes a routine in Minnesota: gloves, window scraping, dreams of a remote car starter, added time for your commute, making sure the emergency kit is stocked, etc. What you may not have stopped to think of, or perhaps have and always wondered, is the effect…

Minnesota Bumble Bees with a Focus on the Federally Endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee SCHEDULE: 4:00-4:30pm Networking 4:30-5:30pm Seminar 5:30-7:00pm Networking Happy Hour @ Urban Growler (2325 Endicott Street, St Paul) PRESENTERS: • Elaine Evans, Extension Educator, University of Minnesota Elaine Evans is a University of Minnesota Extension Educator working on pollinator education and research relating to bee conservation. Her current work focuses on determining the status of bees in Minnesota, monitoring threatened populations of the rusty-patched bumble bee, and…

This will be MNAEP’s 2nd brown bag presentation, entitled “Adaptive Management: What it is, When to do it, and What the courts think” presented by Chapter President Mike Mayer. Mike is an adaptive management instructor at the National Conservation Training Center and will discuss the Department of the Interiors approach to adaptive management and the treatment the approach has received from the courts. Beverages will be provided to members; $5 attendance fee for non-members. 5-530: Happy Half-hour 5:30-6:15: Presentation 6:15-7:00:…