#LongLakeCC

Long Lake Conservation Center is a Residential Environmental Learning Center located in the North woods of Minnesota, only a couple hours from the Twin Cities, and in the heart of Aitkin County. Long Lake provides unique, hands on learning experiences. With environmental education opportunities for students of any age; Long Lake encourages the exploration, conservation, education, and appreciation of nature. http://www.longlakecc.org/

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At summer camp you get to tip the canoes! These campers are mid tip, and after they are in the water they will practice a T rescue with some canoeing buddies! #longlakecc #learnatlonglake #paddlepractice #canoetip #trescue #summercamp #onlyinmn #happycampers (at Long Lake)

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Our cooks Chris and Jackie make awesome, homemade meals for our students and campers! They also love to garden, raise monarch butterflies, and have fun! Their food is wonderful and they are, too! We❤️our silly Long Lake cooks! #longlakecc #summersilliness #thebestcooksever (at Long Lake Conservation Center)

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Raccoon in Tree by Nate Baldwin

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New high-resolution images of the dwarf planet Ceres by NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft.

Images are from June 1st to June 9th, 2015.

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Image from page 1122 of Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (1846) [x]

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Here’s a new comic about saving our amphibian pals! Learn more at PARC. Thanks to An Martel’s work and the Lips Lab for their help. (Any inaccuracies are my own.)

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Someone was out cruisin' the Marcum House parking lot this morning!

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Fulgens Prism ~ by Christopher Marley; 20 x 24".   Rather than using standard entomology mountings, Marley interprets an artistic presentation of brilliantly-colored beetle species found around the world to emphasize their natural beauty.                                                                                                                                    

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A hearty hello from the 2014-2015 seasonal staff at Long Lake!

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A male Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) visited Long Lake last Friday! Cercropia moths are the largest moth of North America, You can easily tell males and females by their antenna! Males have larger, feathery antenna then their female counterparts.

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No, seriously, that’s its face.

Here are seven weird animals that live in Minnesota.

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Nest building, right outside my kitchen window. 

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We have been seeing the orioles very frequently here at long lake, but their nest is well hidden!