Podcast

Special guest Musician and Educator Will Bjorndal is on today. We talk about Will’s week long residency at the Nature Center and his path to write and perform children’s music.

I visit with Sydney Weisinger, Teacher Naturalist at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center. We talk about the importance of adding native plants and flowers to the landscape around your property.

I visit with Luke Reese, Director  at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center as he introduces us to the Summer Intern at the Nature Center, Mackenzie Andrews. 

This week we talk about the annual Friends of the Nature Center Bus Trip, the summer mentorship program, and some wonderful events coming your way throughout the summer months.

This week we talk about turtles. May 23rd is World Turtle Day and we’ll talk about the turtles at the Nature Center and around the area and what you can do to help them.

This week we talk about the Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week and also other invasive pests that could be impacting our trees.

I visit with Luke Reese at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center. This week we talk about a fish doorbell, what it is and how it works.

I visit with Naturalist Intern Katherine Schramek at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center. This week we talk about baby critters and what to do if you should happen upon one.