By Shelli-Kae Foster, YES! Program Director I had the opportunity to join students from Marty Bratsch and Jeannie Omvig’s YES! team at Royalton High School on a tour of Camp Ripley on Friday, November 1st. Together, we learned about their commitment to conservation, how Camp Ripley supports the local community with Fire and Rescue efforts, and about the use of drones for conservation and
YES! Alumni Spotlight: Driel Mortenson
Driel was a member of the New London Spicer YES! team during both middle school and high school. While a member of the YES! team, Driel worked on many projects, including raising money to install water-bottle refill stations in the school to cut down on plastic waste. Another big project was holding a climate change convening during an Earth Day event at Prairie Woods ELC in order to create
Another Successful Fall Summit
Written by Taylor Templer, West Central Coordinator On October 9th YES! teams from across Minnesota gathered at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center for the 13th annual YES! Fall Summit. Over 130 students and coaches were in attendance representing Lac qui Parle Valley, Minnewaska, New London-Spicer, World Learner/Chaska, Rockford, Discovery Woods/Brainerd, Springfield, Royalton, Mankato
Northeast Fall Summit
Written by Sam Horner, Northeast Coordinator On September 30, 2019, Laurentian Environmental Center hosted the 6th Annual YES! Fall Summit. The Fall Summit is the premiere kick-off event for the YES! calendar year. Each year, all the teams in the northeast region of Minnesota gather to listen to presentations from experts in the environmental field and to brainstorm different ideas for the
Climate Changed Nobel Conference
By Shelli-Kae Foster, Program Director “Climate Changed.” The title of the 55th Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College makes a clear statement – our climate has changed and now we all have to learn to adapt and to make changes to our policies and lifestyles. The 2-day conference was sold out which demonstrates how important this topic is to people of all ages and with the line-up of
Lac qui Parle Valley YES! Team Presents to Commissioners
By Taylor Templer On September 11th, 2019 Shelli-Kae Foster, YES! Program Director and Taylor Templer, West Central Coordinator, participated in the Legislature-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) tour of site visits in the West Central area. The day included a luncheon at the Grandview Winery in Belview, MN where YES! staff participated with other ENRTF stakeholders to provide