Climate change forum coming to Deep Portage Oct. 8

   The “Challenge of Climate Change in Northern Minnesota” will be the topic at a day-long forum to be held at Deep Portage Learning Center on October 8, 2022. The Forum is co-sponsored by the Cass County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League and Deep Portage.

   Dr. Jessica Hellmann (U of Mn), a national leader and scholar in climate change and climate change adaptation science, will be the keynote speaker in the morning.  In the afternoon local leaders, including Meredith Cornett  (Nature Conservancy, Duluth), Mark Grossman (Cass County Land Commissioner), and Keith Barnes (Forestry Director, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe) will participate in a panel discussion.  

   The day will end with a guided tour of the extensive alternative energy installations at Deep Portage that have made the campus a net zero carbon facility.  Representatives of profit and non-profit groups and organizations will be on hand to provide information about their climate change related services. 

   There will be many opportunities to engage in conversation with presenters and each other.

   Seating for the forum is limited. Pre-registration and payment of a $10 fee that includes lunch by Oct. 1st is required. Go to www.deep-portage.org/public-programs for more information and to register.