Don't forget to purchase your state park year-round or one-day vehicle permits online before your next visit. Record your confirmation number and place it on your car's dashboard. Learn more: go.usa.gov/xdSzK #JustAddNature

Today's #GoogleDoodle honors the 200th birthday of French artist Rose Bonheur, who painted idyllic scenes of #livestock. This one is called "King of the Herd." The Moos Room Brad Heins

Register for Sap to Syrup on March 19 to learn about all stages of the syrup making process - including tapping maple trees, collecting sap and, of course, enjoying the sweetness of the final product! Learn more: ramseycounty.us/SaptoSyrup

Some North Shore state park natural resource managers are using a mix of seedlings drawn from more than 100 miles to the south that will thrive in a warmer climate. The goal? A more resilient forest. Read the MCVmag article: mndnr.gov/mcvmagazine/is… 📷: by Derek Montgomery

☝ Deadline approaching ALL dark houses, fish houses, and portables besides those on the Minnesota-Canada border waters must be off the ice no later than end of day on March 21 (if unoccupied). The Minnesota-Canada border waters deadline is March 31. mndnr.gov/fishing/shelte…

#NewsRelease Spring burning restrictions begin in Minnesota: mndnr.gov/news/2022/04/1…

Celebrate #ArborDay by planting a resilient tree! 🌳 By carefully choosing, planting, and caring for a tree you make it more resilient to stress from insects, diseases, and climate change so it can thrive long into the future! ℹ️ mndnr.gov/arbormonth

We have some sad EagleCam nest news to share. Details here: facebook.com/10006487485091… #EagleCam #MN

Most kitchen wall tiles be flowers/fruits/butterflies. Pretty! 🙂 But ours = Notsomuch. Friends @ kitchen/dinner parties = perplexed, lost for a comment ( i.e., “A rat in a kitchen wall tile? Really Bobby?" 😵‍💫 Yes! Thanks New Orleans Rodentology buds 🙃🐀🐀

Did you know? Rats can push or pull around twice their body weight, and have been known to open refrigerator doors! Don’t underestimate rats’ strength and ability when doing exclusion w

Blue mason bee packing in the pollen and depositing a new load from her abdomen in our bee observation box. These boxes open up a hitherto hidden world of solitary bees Brigit Strawbridge Steven Falk Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] @N_Nature Urban Bees alison benjamin 🌱Kevin Tuffs🌱🐝🌺🦋

My favorite city rat sub-species: Rattus recklessaudacious. "Like, just goooo ahead & dig your burrow right here in the street curb for the whole world to see 🫤 . It's cool. We'll just sweep up.. chicken bones & all while waiting for the light to change!" 🐀🐀🐀🧹

Birds @ backyard feeders appear from “nowhere”- right?! Exactly same w/rats frm “nowhere” detecting odors of greasy smelly garbage cans/dumpsters (full OR empty). THOROUGH weekly cleaning/disinfect cans/lids inside & out = SECRET TO NO RAT STARTUPS. (note RAT! left) 💩🗑️🐀🐀

My street today: Oak leaf clusters dropping allover road frm above! Squirrels do leafy branch-clipping spurts = allows access to acorn clusters @ too-thin outer tree branches (smart!) & sevral twigs w/leafy globs=prep 4 strong +warm winter nest. SUPERB gymnastic maneuvering!🐿️🐿️

On #CoffeeDay and everyday, we're #UMNProud to work with #Minnesota.

Congratulations, to the Gardening from the Ground Up team, honored tonight for their outstanding work. We're #UMNProud

A different reporting of city rat populations & property infestations 😀 The Washington Post just compiled a 3-part series : a video; an interactive game for public re causative factors & expert tips for keeping rats away from your property. Very cool. Check it out. 🐀🐀🗞️

Super cool new research showing rats, like us, also bop their heads to certain music ; from classical to R&R. 😀 Part II: Scientists should include testing that I hypothesize will prove a strong preference for intense Tango Dance sequences. 💃🕺 newscientist.com/video/2347462-…

(1) Today: A 1-person’s pigeon joy results in fast growth/local neighborhood spread of a costly / unhealthy rat colony to nearby private properties, eateries, schools, etc. I counted 19 large burrows( breeder adults) along 65ft stretch + many more around .😬🐀🐀🐀🐀

Some peeps welcome their cats to hang close w/them writing, computer work, etc. A while back, I collected/fed/reared 5 wild barn-rat pups. Only 1 agreed to friendship; touch, hold, play with, spell-check work, etc. But in general never try/make WILD rats pets or friends. 🐀🐀