If you have not had a chance to appreciate the quiet solitude of the prairies, forests, and oak savanna in Carleton's Cowling Arboretum, we encourage you to get out, especially on cross country skis or snowshoes. Both are available to check out from the Recreation Center. Snowshoes are a great way to get off the trails and explore some of the more remote parts of the Arboretum. If walking is your preferred method of winter travel in the Arboretum, we have some tips for you as well.

An update on the recent Whooping Crane visit.

What started as a typical day for Carleton College Cowling Arboretum director Nancy Braker turned into a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when she received a phone call from a neighbor, alerting her to the presence of Whooping Cranes in the College-owned McKnight Prairie area this past Monday.

Carleton Arboretum and Cannon River Watershed Partnership’s Annual Cleanup of the Cannon and Straight Rivers - September 18, 9 a.m.—Noon. 

Arboretum Director Nancy Braker was interviewed on November 30, 2009 for the "Locally Grown" segment on KYMN radio of Northfield.

Beginning on July 27, contractors will start work on a project to rehabilitate the two bridges along the paved trail in the Upper Arboretum.

Check out two new Carleton Digital Collections – Dime Novels and Cowling Arboretum.

Carleton has received a $10,000 grant from the Xcel Energy Foundation to fund its “Natural Science in Natural Lands: Improving the Carleton Arboretum” project. The grant will fund the College's new project, which will heighten the educational and recreational value of the Cowling Arboretum. The grant will help provide training for Arboretum staff on state-of-the-art restoration methods, will increase opportunities to participate in restoration activities for everyone on campus and in Northfield, and provide new signs to help visitors enjoy the Arboretum.

Carleton invites members of the community to participate in a volunteer work event to remove invasive buckthorn and honeysuckle in the College’s Cowling Arboretum on Saturday, April 18. Volunteers will meet on the paved trail at the bridge over Spring Creek, just off the intersection of Oak and Second Streets at 9 a.m.

New for 2009 - Arboretum Bird Checklist. Just in time for spring migration, we are happy to provide a checklist for the birds of the Carleton College Arboretum ...

A recent visitor to the Carleton College made Arboretum staff take notice. Not for any particular celebrity status, but that the visitor had been absent for 78 years!  Owen McMurtrey ‘12 spotted the long lost visitor recently and rushed back to campus to report his find to the Minnesota Ornithological Union – the organization that tracks bird sightings in the state.

Details regarding the Fall Mushroom Field Trip.