Date: 3/14/26 8:57 am From: Matt Hoberg <mhoberg1...> Subject: [mou-net] MOU Field Trip: Rapids Lake/Louisville Swamp April 25
*April 25*
*8 AM*
William Marengo will lead a field trip to the Rapids Lake unit of the
Minnesota Valley NWR and Louisville Swamp. We’ll spend the morning hiking
the trails at the Rapids Lake unit. Then break for lunch, meet at the
trailhead and parking area near the Renaissance Festival and spend the
afternoon hiking the Louisville Swamp unit.
We’re on the very edge of spring songbird migration. This outing isn’t
geared toward any specific species but just an opportunity to see what
early migrants have arrived. We’ll look for grassland and deciduous wood
species. If the conditions are good we should see some hawk migration along
the river valley and waterfowl should still be present on Rapids Lake and
the “swamp” at Louisville.
For more information and registration (required), visit the registration
page
<https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F48A9AC2FA5FFCE9-62234486-rapids#/>.
