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Vermillion Highlands: A Research, Recreation and Wildlife Management Area

News and Events

News:

Lone Rock Trail: You're in the middle of nowhere (80 KB PDF)
Star Tribune, August 27, 2011

A night for science on U land (26 KB PDF)
Rosemount Town Pages, June 17, 2010

24-hour BioBlitz to count creatures in Rosemount's woodlands, prairies and trout stream set for June 11-12
UMNews, June 2010

Recent Events:

August 18, 2011 - Plans based on the Vermillion Highlands concept master plan will be featured at the Annual Open House hosted by the Rosemount Research and Outreach Center at UMore Park

June 11-12, 2010 - Vermillion Highlands hosted BioBlitz 2010, an event held to identify and inventory an area’s plant and animal species. Sponsored by the U’s Bell Museum and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, families worked alongside scientists to chronicle the biological diversity of these areas. For data on the number of species inventoried, visit the Bell Museum's BioBlitz website.