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These days, a cool blanket of snow has come to rest over all of campus, and when the temperatures drop below zero, it’s hard to imagine leaving the complex, much less living out there. How do different Minnesotan fauna survive, and which animals might still be active when you walk…

Black walnuts

Walk by the Cannon River these days and you are sure to find (or trip over, like I do) green and browning spheres, the size of golf balls. These are the fruit of the native black walnut (juglans nigra). Edible and highly nutritious, black walnuts have been consumed by humans…