Prairie Sportsman
On the Great River and Beefsteak Fungus
Preview: Season 17 Episode 12 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Mississippi River midwinter fishing; the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory; and the Beefsteak Fungus.
Host Bret Amundson takes to the Mississippi for some midwinter fishing in downtown St. Paul; Prairie Sportsman visits the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in downtown Minneapolis to learn how the facility harnesses the waters of the Mississippi for scientific research; and Forager Nicole Zempel teaches us about a “meaty” mushroom, the Beefsteak Fungus.
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On the Great River and Beefsteak Fungus
Preview: Season 17 Episode 12 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Host Bret Amundson takes to the Mississippi for some midwinter fishing in downtown St. Paul; Prairie Sportsman visits the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in downtown Minneapolis to learn how the facility harnesses the waters of the Mississippi for scientific research; and Forager Nicole Zempel teaches us about a “meaty” mushroom, the Beefsteak Fungus.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Coming up on the next "Prairie Sportsman" we hit the Mississippi for some midwinter fishing in the heart of St.
Paul.
Seeing it from the water down here, it gives you a completely different perspective on this whole area.
Then we travel upstream to visit the St.
Anthony Falls laboratory in downtown Minneapolis.
And forager, Nicole Zempel, teaches us about a meaty mushroom, the beefsteak fungus.
Looks like meat.
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Clip: S17 Ep12 | 9m 57s | Host Brett Amundson's family brave the February cold to go fishing in Pool 2 of the Mississippi. (9m 57s)
NewFast Forage: Beefsteak Fungus, Harvesting Nature’s Bounty
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Clip: S17 Ep12 | 3m 30s | Forager Nicole Zempel shows us how to identify the Beefsteak Fungus. (3m 30s)
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Clip: S17 Ep12 | 11m 52s | Look at the research taking place at the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory. (11m 52s)
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Production sponsorship is provided by funding from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund and Shalom Hill Farm. Additional funding provided by Big Stone County, Yellow Medicine County, Lac qui...