Annual Open House - 2024

August 21st, 4:30pm - 8pm

175 University Road, Cloquet, MN 55720

Event date and time
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One of our most highly-anticipated events... the Annual Open House will be held on Wednesday, August 21st from 4:30pm to 8pm.

You won't want to miss this event! We will have our ever-popular wagon tours, fireside educational chats, informational booths, scavenger hunts, raffle prizes, and more! Room at the Table food truck will also be available for your dinner plans.


4:30-8:00pm  

  • Bonfire and S’mores 
  • Bean Bag Toss & Kids’ Forest Scavenger Hunt 
  • Food for Purchase from Room at the Table food truck 
  • Informational Booths from:  
    o UM Extension Community Development 
    o UM Extension Forestry
    o UM Extension Family Resiliency
    o UM Extension Water Team and Office of Soil Health
     

4:45‒6:00pm
• Wagon Forest Tour No. 1
- Kyle Gill, CFC Director of Operations & Phill Hass, Fond du Lac Foretry & Fire Program

6:00‒6:30pm
• Educational Talks
around the fire (15min each)
o Continuous Forest Inventory with Tyler Gifford, Research Specialist and Assistant Professor John Zobel, UM Dept. of Forest Resources
o Climate Adaptation for Woodland Stewards with Anna Stockstad, UM Extension Forestry Educator

6:30‒7:45pm
• Wagon Forest Tour No. 2 – Kyle Gill, CFC Director of Operations & Candice Dehnbostel, Continuous Forest Inventory Technician, UM Dept. of Forest Resources

Free raffle for UMN Gear