Habitat Restoration Events

Thursdays: January 2, 9 & 16; 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Drop in and get your hands dirty while restoring river habitat! The Coldwater Spring Restoration Crew meets biweekly throughout most of the year to maintain Coldwater Spring, just south of Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis. Activities include vegetation removal, site exploration, and other outdoor restoration tasks. If you like to be outdoors and create tangible change in the environment, this opportunity is for you!

Note: Coldwater Crew is taking a break for the holiday season and will return on January 2nd.

Saturday, January 18; 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Help us take care of the floodplain forest! The Crosby Crew meets regularly at Crosby Farm Regional Park, which hosts the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change study—a long-term research project aimed at helping our forests become more resilient. The Crew will primarily focus on maintaining research plots and collecting data, providing crucial care in the project's formative years. We will also manage introduced species like garlic mustard and burdock throughout the park.

Note: We are shifting to a monthly Crosby Crew during winter and will resume the bimonthly schedule during the spring.