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Advanced training courses provide Master Naturalists and the public with opportunities to participate in a recreational activity and learn about a new natural resource topic. Topics build on the curriculum taught in our core biome courses, but participants do not need to be a Master Naturalist in order to take any of the advanced training courses.

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Section Title
ADV - Winter Through a Hand Lens, Meadowlands
Type
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Days
Sa
Time
10:00AM to 3:00PM
Dates
Feb 21, 2026
Campus
Off-Campus
Schedule and Location
Contact Hours
5.0
Location
  • Off-Campus
Course Fee(s)

Section Details

Hand lenses are a great way to investigate something up close and personal! Naturalists tend to have a hand lens in their bags, whether or not they use them, as a good way to take a closer look at a subject. In the winter there are still things to look at: snowflakes, insect tunnels in wood, lichens, tree rings… the list goes on. Join us for a field trip, which will focus (literally!) on looking at things closely. Please bring a hand lens, and if you do not have one, we have a limited number to use at the Welcome Center (email Head Naturalist Clinton at naturalist@saxzim.org to reserve).

Location: Sax-Zim Bog, 8793 Owl Avenue, Meadowlands, MN 55765

Cancellation requests received more than two weeks before the start of class are refunded minus a $10.00 processing fee. For cancellation requests received less than two weeks before the start of class, no refunds will be given.

Section Title
ADV - Introduction to Late Winter and Early Spring Insects, Meadowlands
Type
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Days
Su
Time
10:00AM to 3:00PM
Dates
Mar 08, 2026
Campus
Off-Campus
Schedule and Location
Contact Hours
5.0
Location
  • Off-Campus
Course Fee(s)

Section Details

Throughout the winter, there are a number of insects that are active as the winter air warms during bright, sunny days. Spiders, craneflies, caddisflies, and springtails all can be found wander across the surface of the snow, looking for prey or even to breed during the deep winter months. This final field trip of our winter season hopes to explore the later part of winter to see a few of these interesting critters and learn about how in the world these cold-blooded creatures can survive the frigid north.

Location: Sax-Zim Bog, 8793 Owl Avenue, Meadowlands, MN 55765

Cancellation requests received more than two weeks before the start of class are refunded minus a $10.00 processing fee. For cancellation requests received less than two weeks before the start of class, no refunds will be given.

Section Title
ADV - Explore the Prairie
Type
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Days
F
Time
10:00AM to 3:00PM
Dates
Jun 12, 2026
Campus
Morris (US Central Time)
Schedule and Location
Contact Hours
5.0
Course Fee(s)

Section Details

Come out to the beautiful prairies of western Minnesota and explore Amy's favorite, ditch, visit a calcareous fen, see the Richardson's ground squirrel colony, pelicans galore and of course, what's blooming.

Location: Extension Regional Center Morris, 46352 State Highway 329, Morris, MN 56267

Cancellation requests received more than two weeks before the start of class are refunded minus a $10.00 processing fee. For cancellation requests received less than two weeks before the start of class, no refunds will be given.

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