Document Spring is an annual art and citizen science initiative that brings together individuals, organizations, high school and college students to capture the emergence of spring with artistic and scientific observations.
The project is guided by expert phenologists and photographers, whose skills help participants create snapshots of spring’s arrival throughout the St. Louis River Watershed, Jay Cooke State Park and other locations that reveal Carlton County’s unique and dramatic geography.
Document Spring 2020 begins Saturday, April 11 and continues through Sunday, May 31. Participants join safaris led by Document Spring guides or venture out on their own, capturing images and observing nature's seasonal change.
2019 Schedule
March 1 - April 1 || Open Registration
March 14 || Phenology Advisory Meeting
April 5 || Orientation
FDL Tribal and Community College
Open to Public
April 13 || Citizen Science Day Safari
Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center
April 22 || Earth Day Nature Safari
Jay Cooke State Park
April 26 || City Nature Challenge Safari
Jay Cooke State Park
May 3 || Guided Nature Safari
Jay Cooke State Park
May 10 || Guided Nature Safari
Jay Cooke State Park
May 11 || Guided Nature Safari
Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center
May 18 || Picnic
Jay Cooke State Park
Oldenburg Point
May 31 || Document Spring End Date
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Photography Highlights 2019

Speckled Alder Catkin

Wood Frog

Star Moss

Blue Spotted Salamander

Hepaticas

Hepaticas

Turkey Tail Fungus

Wood Fern

Trembling Aspen Buds

Wood Fern

St. Louis River

Jay Cooke State Park

Jay Cooke State Park

Robin

North American Porcupine

Turkey Tail Fungus

Red Maple
