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Tettegouche State Park © Harold Malde

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Mark Tercek's Twin Cities Speech

Listen to The Nature Conservancy's President and CEO at the Westminster Town Hall Forum on April 18.
Nature Now © TNC

Nature Now

Help us protect our forests, rivers, lakes and prairies.
The Nature Conservancy needs runners to help us protect Minnesota's lakes and rivers. © Competitive Image

Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon

We're looking for runners to help us protect Minnesota's lakes and rivers.

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Planting trees in Minnesota's woods © John Gregor/ColdSnap Photography

Restoring the Northwoods

The Conservancy is working with partners to make Minnesota's forests healthier and more diverse.
The courtship display of greater prairie chickens is one of the best spectacles of nature in Minnesota. © Dominique Braud

Love in the Wild

It’s possible in Minnesota to watch the love life of creatures as small as fireflies and as big as elk.
Upper Mississippi Forest Project © Richard Hamilton Smith

Upper Mississippi Forest

Explore Minnesota's largest-ever conservation project.

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Where's Your Water Come From Minnesota? © TNC

Where Does Your Water Come From?

Most people get our drinking water from lakes and rivers.
Greater prairie chicken male on booming ground in Osage County of Oklahoma in United States, North America. Harvey Payne

Prairie Chickens

Watch an ex-linebacker tackle a prairie chicken.

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Lion in Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. © Kenneth K. Coe

Close Encounters with Nature

Whether scary or exciting, nature has a way of sneaking up on you. See stories

Arden O’Connor. © Lajla LeBlanc

Nature Matters

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Coast live oak trees punctuate the prairie grasslands at Chimineas Ranch, a protected wildlife corridor linking the Carrizo Plain National Monument with Los Padres National Forest, located within San Luis Obispo County, California. © Mark Dolyak

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