Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter

This newsletter includes 2026 Work Season Kicks Off at the Dunes We formally started the 2026 work season on May 10 with visitors welcomed by two new greeters

This newsletter includes: Work restarting at the dunes May 10, volunteer opportunities. An interview with Pinhey Friends Chair, Berit Erickson. An overview of the dune origins

This newsletter includes: Volunteer Event at Carleton University: An introduction to explorer and expert, Andrew Mott: A geological history of the dunes

This newsletter includes: The life cycle of the Giant Swallowtail butterfly A Poem Dedicated to Common Milkweed

This newsletter includes: An introduction to insect expert Henri Goulet; Form and function of Dune #1.

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter:
November 2025.
This newsletter includes: Closing up for Winter; The background to our work at Dune #1, and A rethink of bug behavior

This newsletter includes:
Update on our work during the sunny, autumnal October days; Monarch-hosting milkweed, know how to distinguish them; Other insects that love milkweed; New Pinhey Sand Dunes executives