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Minnesota Now with Cathy Wurzer
Cathy Wurzer, Melissa Townsend and Simone Cazares

Phenologist John Latimer updates on Minnesota spring, birds and snow

Phenologist John Latimer
Amateur phenologist John Latimer checks the ice depth at a lake near his home in November 2014 near Grand Rapids, Minn.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News 2014

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Every week, KAXE radio in the Grand Rapids-Bemidji area airs nature reports by John Latimer. Latimer is a phenologist who studies changes in nature over the seasons. He joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about some of the latest phenology updates in Minnesota.