 Well, for this week's Northwoods Adventure, Clayton Castle takes us down to Little Falls to the Crane Metal National Wildlife Refuge, where the Refuge Center held its annual Habitat Day this past weekend. It was cold and blistery on Saturday, but that didn't stop people from coming out to Habitat Day, an annual event at the Crane Metal's National Wildlife Refuge in Little Falls. The public comes, they're invited out to build, we have 150 Wooduck boxes available and 250 Bluebird houses available, so the public comes out, builds those and they can take them home and put them up on their own property. While many people came out for the activities such as building birdhouses or shooting BB guns, the event also served as an opportunity to learn more about Crane Meadows as a wildlife refuge. We're a small refuge in central Minnesota that we protect wildlife on the refuge. We have hiking trails, we have disabled deer hunt here, we have all kinds of events for children and public to come out and enjoy the refuge itself. Since Crane Meadows is a government-funded organization, it cannot raise money for itself. Because of that, the Friends of Crane Meadows, a branch of a larger Friends organization, was established. Friends of Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a partnership with Fish and Wildlife. We do projects and events such as Habitat Day. The Friends also put on other events throughout the year, including a disabled deer hunt, allowing people living with disabilities the opportunity to hunt on the property. However, the biggest event for the Friends is Habitat Day. All of the monies donated at these events go to different areas of operation for the refuge. Community will donate their monies to certain events and or the general fund and we will distribute that as far as paying for the supplies. This year's Habitat Day welcomed over 400 people from all across the state to participate in the activities at Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Reporting from Little Falls for Northwoods Adventure, Clayton Castle, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.