Hastings (Minnesota) Environmental Protectors (HEP) organized an initiative with the Spiral Co-op to have the money go to a graduating Hastings high school student heading to college.
Saturday’s Earth Day Birding Festival at Carpenter St. Croix Nature Center got off to an unexpectedly snowy start, but it finished just as planned after a flurry of bird watching.
The Hastings Area Earth Day Birding Festival is Saturday, April 22, at Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center. The event runs from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Elegant frost patterns, like lace doilies, add nature’s decorations to windows. Sound absorbs into the snow-covered paths allowing a serene quiet escape to reflect on new beginnings. Crimson cardinals pop