Annual Open House - 2026

Wednesday August 19, 2026 from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm

175 University Rd., Cloquet, MN 55720

forest users walking among big trees with foggy background

Join us in the woods at the Cloquet Forestry Center for an evening of information exchange and community building. We will have a community social hour which will include an alumni gathering. There will also be a variety of information tables from Extension, Fond du Lac Natural Resources, and Bemidji State University to name a few! During this time Room at the Table will have their food truck on site ready to simplify your dinner plans. After the social hour we will host a few wagon tours showcasing some ongoing projects out in the forest, and presentations centered around climate ready woodlands. You are welcome to stick around until the end of the evening when we will draw our raffle prize winner, though you need not be present to win.

The full agenda:

5:00‒6:00pm - Community Social Hour 

  • Food for Purchase from Room at the Table food truck (until 6pm)
  • UMN Alumni Gathering
  • Extension and Research Informational Booths (until 6pm) 
    • UMN Extension Forestry - Anna Stockstad
    • CFANS Alumni & Youth Engagement - Mary Buschette 
    • UMN Alumni Association - Will Teachout
    • UMN Department of Forest Resources
    • Bemidji State University - Deer Research Project staff
    • Fond du Lac Natural Resources & 1854 Treaty Authority - Wolf Monitoring Project staff
    • Fond du Lac Agriculture Division - Campbell Fischer
    • UMN Extension Carlton County Master Gardener - Brenda Carlson

6:00‒6:45pm Wagon Forest Tour (departing from southwest of the pavilion) Kyle Gill, CFC Director of Operations & Land Stewardship or Climate Ready Woodlands Walking Tour (departing from pavilion) Anna Stockstad, Extension Educator, UMN Extension Forestry

6:45‒7:30pm Climate Ready Woodlands Walking Tour (departing from pavilion) Anna Stockstad, Extension Educator, UMN Extension Forestry or Wagon Forest Tour (departing from southwest of the pavilion) Kyle Gill, CFC Director of Operations & Land Stewardship 

Free raffle for U of M gear at the end of the evening!  Need not be present to win raffle drawing.

This is a printable version of this agenda.