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September 5: Last Chance for Music This Summer!
Brass Messengers
Windmaticus funticula
IDENTIFICATION: They are usually seen with various sized brass instruments, reeds, and items of rhythm. Color is very common in both appearance and personality of this species.
Their calls are based around the Gypsy Brass styles of Romania, and they have added their own take on American Country Music, Latin America Dance Rhythms, and Afro-Pop.
Don't miss this rare viewing and listening opportunity! This species will migrate to the Confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers on Thursday, September 11 at 6:30 p.m. They will be seen for only about one to one and a half hourse.
Picnic Island, Shelter A, Fort Snelling State Park.
July 25: Mark your calendars for August 14:
Special
Sesquicentennial Concert with
Curtis and Loretta
to
celebrate the release of the Minnesota Heritage Songbook.
July 1: Fourth of July Week Calendar Update:
Tours, Trails, and History.
June 18: Late June Calendar Update: A busy month,
with four or more events each weekend.
April 27: Spring is coming to Fort Snelling State Park!
This is the month we really start to observe changes: Spring Ephemeral blooming,
songbirds migrating, and frogs singing. A great time of year to get outside after
a long winter.
May is also the month the State Park Geocache History Challenge begins!
Learn how to use a GPS to start your quest at Fort Snelling on May 11 or May 24.
or more information about the State Park Geocache History Challenge please visit
www.mndnr.gov/geocaching.
March 29: April Park Calendar Update: Help clean
up the park for Earth Day, plus birds, snakes, turtles, and wildflowers
March 27: KSTP-TV recently ran a segment on maple syruping at Fort Snelling
State Part. See it here!
February 25: March Park Calendar Update:
We Are at Home: Pictures of the Ojibwe People, plus Maple Syrup
January 30: February Park Calendar Update:
Feeders, Feathers, Fishing
December 22: January Park Calendar Update:
Snowshoes, skis, skins, and skulls
November 1: November Park Calendar Update
September 21: Friends of Fort Snelling
Annual Meeting and Luncheon
October 27, 2007
Thomas Savage Visitor Center, Fort Snelling State Park
Join us for the Annual Meeting and Luncheon of the Friends of Fort Snelling.
Come for an informal buffet lunch and program with other members and friends.
Celebrate the foods and music ofearly Minnesota.
Click here for brochure and order form.
September 21: Fall 2007 Newsletter added to
Newsletter Page
September 7: From the
State Park Web Site:
Visitor Alert!
Park has reopened: Cleanup of downed trees and debris caused by high winds and rain
that swept through the area early in the week has progressed faster than anticipated.
The park reopened to the public on August 30. Park buildings, including the visitor center,
are open as well as black-topped bike trails and the majority of other trails in the park.
Please note that until inspection of the trails on the Dakota County side of the park
has been completed, the public should approach with extreme caution the use of the
eight-mile trail from Mendota to Cedar Avenue. Pike Island, Picnic Island and the
swimming beach at Fort Snelling State Park are available for public use as well, however,
no lifeguards will be on duty at the beach.
Special Program in the Park on September 13:
Podcast
August 25: Coming on September 13
Evening at the Confluence
Free Concert Series (with park permit)
Dick Kimmel
and Adam Granger
Picnic Island
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