Workshop: Building a Manoomin Protection Dome

Workshop: Building a Manoomin Protection Dome

September 26 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Join artist and educator Sara Alsum-Wassenaar for a hands-on workshop exploring how design, engineering, and ecological restoration can work together to restore wild rice (manoomin). Participants will collaboratively build a lightweight protective dome and sew the netting used to shield young manoomin from waterfowl during establishment. Along…

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Lecture: The Manoomin Marsh Project

Lecture: The Manoomin Marsh Project

September 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Lecture: The Manoomin Marsh Project Vaughn Public Library, third floor, Room 301 The Manoomin Marsh Project explores the intersection of ecological restoration, community engagement, and collaborative design, with a growing focus on how protection efforts have evolved into broader strategies for improving water quality. Through consultation with…

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