Gunflint Green Up Schedule
Friday:- 2:00 PM Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center Preview
Meet at the Gunflint Conference Center for a sneak peak at what's coming to the Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center. Mark your calendars for the Grand Opening on July 4, 2010 -
3:00 PM Centennial Trail Hike
Meet at the Centennial Trail Head (Kekekabic Trai Head) and join Steve Robertsen, USFS naturalist, on an interpretive hike. The new 3.3 mile Centennial Trail crosses areas affected by the Ham Lake Fire and planted during Gunflint Green Up 2009. It also follows the route of the PAD & W railroad of the 1890's and the site of the Paulsen Mine. Steve will share his enthusiasm for the woods, history and trains along the way. -
5:50 - 7:30 PM
Welcome Picnic
Location: Big Top at Gunflint Lodge
Music by Pincushion Warblers! - After dinner
Owl in a Night's Work - Bill Lane, Boreal Owl Researcher
- 9:30 AM
Gunflint Green Up Tree Release
Registrants will receive an email with their assigned staging area after April 25. Box lunch provided
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5:30 - 7:30 PM
Thank You Dinner
Location: Big Top at Gunflint Lodge
Music by the Sivertones! - 8:00 PM
Dance to "Trail's End Band"
Location: Big Top at Gunflint Lodge
Friday Night Presenter: Bill Lane
Despite 24 years of not-so-subtle hints from daylight, Bill Lane unflinchingly continues to conduct nocturnal owl surveys in northeast Minnesota each spring. Since he started in 1987, he has experienced the night, its landscapes, and its denizens through a wondrous mix of awe, glee, disbelief, and (sometimes) disdain; but always with a passion that remains as powerful in 2010, as it was in 1987. His passion, however, has been tempered by the fact that the owl he first sought in 1987 has virtually disappeared from Minnesota's boreal forest. Bill perseveres, however, because he isn't quite ready to surrender to daylight and, like any good biologist, he wants to see what happens next.