USFS Summer Naturalist Program

Hosted annually for over two decades, the US Forest Service hosts a summer series of Naturalist Programs at different resorts, campgrounds, and nature sites around Cook County! Programs are offered Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:30am to 9pm and are FREE and open to the public.

Tuesdays

10:30 am-noon  Butterflies, Bugs, and Bees at Caribou Highlands
12:30-2 pm  Tour Hedstrom’s Lumber Mill (Reserve online) at Hedstrom’s Lumber Mill
7:30-9 pm  Loons: Facts and Fables at Gunflint Lodge
7:30 – 9 pm  The Amoosing Moose at Lutsen Resort

Wednesdays

10:30 am-noon Explore the Shore at East Bay Suites
2-3:30 pm  Boundary Waters WILD! at Chik-Wauk Nature Center
7:30-9 pm  Minnesota WILD! at Grand Marais Recreation Area
7:30-9 pm  Leave it to Beavers at Bluefin Bay

Thursdays

10:30 am-noon  Nature of Oberg Mountain at Oberg Mountain Trailhead
7:30-9 pm  Feed Me! Carnivorous Plants and Bogs in Minnesota at Eagle Ridge
7:30-9 pm  Dark Skies and Bright Stars at Lutsen Resort

Fridays 

10-11:30 am Tour Hedstrom’s Lumber Mill (Reserve online) at Hedstrom’s Lumber Mill
10:30-noon  Make a Dreamcatcher at Eagle Ridge
7:30 pm – 9pm  Wolves! A Cry in the Night at Cascade Lodge

Saturdays

10:30-noon  Wildflower Walk at Cascade Lodge
1:30-3:30 pm  Nature of the Point at Grand Marais Artists’ Point
7:30-9 pm  Minnesota WILD! at Sawbill Campground
7:30-9 pm  Black Bears: American Original at Caribou Highlands

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