03/11/2026
Please join us at 7:00 PM on Thursday March 12 via Zoom as we hear from Meredith Cornett, MNDNR Peatland Resilience Project Planner about “Peat Keepers: Healing Minnesota’s Carbon-Rich Landscapes”
With more peatlands than any other state in the US outside Alaska, Minnesota has an important role to play in sustaining and restoring peatlands as part of a multifaceted climate mitigation strategy. We will dive into peatland restoration work being planned for the DNR’s Winter Road Lake Peatland Scientific and Natural Area in Lake of the Woods County, including our approach to monitoring pre-restoration conditions for vegetation, hydrology and greenhouse gases. For more information about the project: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/wetlands/peatland-resilience-initiative.html
Meredith Cornett is the Peatland Resilience Project Planner at Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR), a role she has held since January 2024. She has come full circle in returning to the DNR, where she began her professional career in conservation as a Community Forest Ecologist in the Twin Cities Metro Area. For nearly two decades, Meredith served as Director of Science for The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Current MNNPS members will find a link to the meeting in their email. If you are not a member and wish to attend please send us a Facebook Messenger note and we will get the link to you. Hope to see you there!
