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The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota works to conserve the lands and waters on which life depends. Enjoy some of our favorite conservation stories!
The courtship display of greater prairie chickens is one of the best spectacles of nature in Minnesota. © Dominique Braud
It’s possible in Minnesota to watch the love life of creatures as small as fireflies and as big as elk.
Autumn splendor at Ordway Prairie in Pope County, Minnesota. This Conservancy preserve is open to the public for visitation. © Elizabeth Olson
Schwanke estate gift will connect people with nature.
The family's efforts started with conservationist Wallace C. Dayton
Marissa Ahlering, the Conservansancy's prairie ecologist for Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, talks with citizen scientist David Astin at Schaeffer Prairie. © Bill Allen
Citizen scientist David Astin is helping us at Schaefer Prairie
For Jamison and Brian Winter, shown here with North Dakota pheasants, hunting and conservation are part of life. ©TNC
Learn how a Conservancy couple raised a young conservationist
Find out how this ancient fish has come back
Nate Emery, a graduate student at the University of North Dakota, is leading an effort to capture greater prairie chickens. © Clay Mealman
Minnesota prairie chickens have been relocated to Wisconsin to save its population
Explore some of the great nature places in or near the Twin Cities.
The Conservancy is working with partners to make Minnesota's forests healthier and more diverse
Prairie Blazing Starr (Liatris pycnostachya), Bluestem Prairie Preserve, Clay County, Minnesota © Michelle Kalantari/TNC
The Conservancy has helped conserve more than 650,000 acres in Minnesota
The Conservancy protected this landmark island near Duluth
The Conservancy played a leading role in Minnesota's largest-ever conservation project
Minnesota is blessed with an abundance of great places to see migratory birds
Prescribed burn at Paul Bunyan Savanna, one of 5 jack pine savannas in Minnesota, located in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, central Minnesota. Maintenance of jack pine savannas is dependent on frequent controlled burning. © TNC
Got questions about how prescribed fire helps us accomplish resource-management objective? We’ve got answers.
Whether scary or exciting, nature has a way of sneaking up on you. See stories
Hear some of nature's success stories and see how nature matters to us all. Watch videos