Saturday, November 13 at 4 p.m.
Join John Latimer, one of the region's best and most beloved phenologists, on an hour and a half nature hike through Long Lake, including our sphagnum bog. After this invigorating and educational exploration, enjoy comradery with other nature lovers (and maybe a drink or two) before sitting down for a classic Minnesota fall feast...fried walleye with locally harvested wild rice. There will be salad, bread, and dessert, too, but let's be honest - this is all about the walleye and wild rice.
ALL PROCEEDS GO TOWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS SO STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE STATE CAN ATTEND NATURE SCHOOL AT LONG LAKE.
SCHEDULE:
4 - 5:30 p.m.
Phenology bog walk with KAXE phenologist John Latimer
5:30 - 6 p.m.
Open house with a cash bar
6 p.m.
Walleye Dinner
Fried Red Lake Walleye and locally harvested wild rice,
served with salad, homemade bread and dessert. A Minnesota fall classic!
For more information, contact Dave McMillan at 218-768-4653 or dave@longlakecc.org
Phenology Fish Fry with John Latimer. Saturday, Nov. 13
For nature lovers, outdoor enthusiasts, or listeners to KAXE radio, John needs no introduction. As a mail carrier in rural Grand Rapids, Minn., for 35 years, John Latimer put his own stamp on a career that delivered more than letters. Indeed, while driving the hundred-mile round-trip daily route, he passed the time by observing and recording seasonal changes in nature, learning everything he could about the area’s weather, plants and animals, and becoming the go-to guy who could answer customers’ questions about what they were seeing in the environment.
The expertise he developed along the way turned him into one of Minnesota’s leading phenologists and host of a popular weekly radio show Phenology that attracts nature lovers and regular phenology contributors from around the state.