Partners in Conservation Webinar w/ Minnesota Women in Conservation

MNWiC Host:
Allison Rian
MNWiC North East Region Coordinator

Presenters:
Veronica Lundquist
Soil Health and Outreach Specialist Aitkin County SWCD

Veronica Lundquist works full-time at Aitkin County Soil and Water Conservation District as a Soil Health & Outreach Specialist. Veronica has had multiple internships and opportunities throughout Minnesota anywhere from researching potatoes for the Agricultural Research Service to conducting invasive species removal in the cold MN winters! Now she focuses on Soil Health Practices, Pollinator plantings, writing articles, updating the social media, battling with the website design, & outreach events throughout Aitkin County. She has been with the district for almost four years.

She has a degree in Natural Resource Management and Agronomy Crop Production from the University of MN Crookston.

In her free time, she loves being outdoors every chance she can, whether that is snowshoeing in the winter or out kayaking in the summer. If she is indoors, she loves working on puzzles, doing embroidery, and searching for new projects to complete in her home.

Jamie Horton
Farm Bill Biologist with Pheasants Forever

Jamie Horton is the Farm Bill Biologist with Pheasants Forever (PF), working in Aitkin and Carlton counties. She grew up in northeastern Illinois, very close to the Wisconsin border, on a 7-acre hobby farm. Time spent with her family camping and fishing nurtured her appreciation for natural resources from a young age. After her Bachelor’s program at the U of M – Twin Cities, Jamie spent a few years working on upland bird wildlife research projects all over the Midwest. She then went on to earn a Master’s in biology at Bemidji State University, studying Greater prairie-chickens. When she’s not working as a private lands biologist, she enjoys baking, learning watercolor, and spending time outside (hiking, fishing, swimming, hunting, etc.)!

Whether you are a beginner at caretaking land, an experienced land steward, or a professional working in the field – there will be something for everyone to learn. MNWiC’s Welcoming Wednesday Webinars recur on the 4th week each month, and feature women experts and practitioners speaking on requested topics. See the archive HERE. Let us know what YOU want to learn about next. Feel free to join the Zoom with lunch, pets, or children – this is a casual virtual gathering – and expect to find friendly faces and news you can use. Ask a friend to join you!

About Minnesota Women in Conservation
Minnesota Women in Conservation (MNWiC) is a project of Renewing the Countryside in partnership with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). MNWiC’s mission is to engage women in conservation conversations, connecting them with the tools and resources needed to develop their own goals. We facilitate Regional Networks to help all women of every experience level to learn and to implement practices in their own spaces, both urban both rural. We are here to nurture land and community. Join us!

About Renewing the Countryside
Renewing the Countryside is a non-profit based in Minneapolis, MN, that supports just, sustainable, and vibrant communities, both urban and rural, through a variety of agricultural and food system programs and partner initiatives.