2011 GLOM/Minnesota Dragonfly Gathering

June 9-12, 2011

Whitewater State Park in SE Minnesota

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/whitewater/narrative.html

RSVP to Kurt Mead at:  info@mndragonfly.org

Registration info will be mailed out in a few months.

I have reserved the Group Center Cabins and Lodge in Whitewater for a joint meeting of the Great Lakes Odonata Meeting (GLOM) and Minnesota Odonata Survey Project’s (MOSP) annual Minnesota Dragonfly Gathering.  There are eight rustic cabins, a central bath house with showers, a large kitchen and dining hall/lodge and an outdoor fire ring.  The beautiful camp setting sits below tall limestone bluffs and is bordered by the Whitewater River, a trout stream.  Whitewater State Park boasts of their complete absence of mosquitoes, so plan on bug free bonfires in the evenings!

I plan to have all of the meals prepared on-site and I will have an estimated cost for this as we get closer to June..  The per night cost for using the facility is very low and the cost per individual will depend on the number of people attending.  If there are 30 people using the cabins it will cost about $15 per person per night (plus food, etc).

From this base we may visit a variety of habitats including trout streams, medium sized warm-water rivers, large wildlife ponds and the nearby Mississippi River Bottoms near Weaver, MN.  Southeastern Minnesota is very poorly surveyed so new county records are assured and new state records are quite probable.

I know how soon events get planned and I wanted to get this on the calendar ASAP.

I hope to see you in Whitewater State Park, in Minnesota, next June!

Kurt Mead

MOSP Coordinator

www.mndragonfly.org