Lunch with a Scientist is an ongoing monthly lecture series at Cedar Creek. Each month, scientists present a general-audience lecture about their work at or related to Cedar Creek and take questions from the audience.

The series has been running since January 2019 as an in-person program. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was shifted online in April 2020, from which point recordings are available. Programs take place on the second Tuesday of each month (11:30am central time), either in-person at Cedar Creek, via zoom, or both. Details about speakers and delivery mode are at cedarcreek.umn.edu/lwas

January was an online-only program given by Nick LaBonte, Regional Geneticist for the USDA Forest Service – National Forest System. Mr. LaBonte discussed the Superior National Forest's long-term plans to collect tree seeds from locations like Cedar Creek to ensure a genetically-diverse, climate-adapted tree stock for the Forest's future.