Fully Funded Opportunity for:
- Pre-service K-12 teachers
- In-service K-12 teachers
- Nonformal Educators
Detailed Itinerary
Travel through geographic space and time while learning about the interconnectedness of social and natural systems in the Rainy River Headwaters Watershed. Feel free to contact us with questions or for more information at boulder@d.umn.edu or 218-721-3731. |
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Day 1
- Workshop Kick off
- Program 1: Geologic History of the Watershed
- Program 2: Glacial History of the Watershed – Casey McQuiston, Superior National Forest Forest Soil Scientist
- Program 3: Early inhabitants and their Relationship to the Watershed – Lee Johnson, Superior National Forest State Archaeologist
- Program 4: Historic Logging – Jeff Forester, Author of The Forest for the Trees
- Program 5: Ojibwe Tradition – Bois Forte Interpreter
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Day 2
- Program 6: Early Conservation Efforts & Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Formation
- Program 7: Our Current Relationship with the Watershed
- Hydroelectric Power Generation and Forest Management – Matt Radzak, Minnesota Power Forester
- Mining – John Engesser, MN DNR Lands & Mineral Division Assistant Director
- Natural Resource Management Inside and Outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness – Mark Van Every, Kawishiwi District Ranger
- Workshop Wrap Up
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