Understand wildlife dynamics in Minnesota

Learn trends on what seeds are collected where. Learn Trends on what seeds are planted where. Place for people to request & donate local native plant seeds and locally adapted garden varieties.

Provide native prairie plant seeds for restoration projects

Assess the performance of rare fruit and vegetable varieties.

To maintain the productivity of local mudflats and help sustain our clam fishery.

To collect information on ash stand locations to support seed collection and other ash conservation efforts in response to widespread ash mortality caused by emerald ash borer.

Contributing to phenology and climate

Build a global, publicly accessible database of seedling phenoty

Better understand the timing of flowering and fruiting of eastern redbud!