In addition to reviewing the 2023 Minnesota Land Trust Annual Report below, you may also download, save, attach & send, and print the PDF document.

Included on this webpage are our many supporters, volunteers, and landowners from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, the publications that were produced during the calendar year, and a Year in Review photo album featuring some of the beautiful lands that we’ve helped protect and restore, and the events that brought us together.

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Our 2023 Supporters

We are so grateful for our supporters, including donors, landowners, volunteers, Encampment Area Conservation Fund and Rainy Lake Fund donors, and individuals who have been lovingly memorialized with a gift to the Land Trust. Additionally, the work of Minnesota Land Trust staff and board members helps increase our conservation and restoration reach and impact across the state of Minnesota.

Donors

We couldn’t do our work without the generous financial support of donors. Thank you to the individuals and groups that donated between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023 named below, as well as the many people who contributed amounts up to $499. Click or tap to view the names in each giving segment.

$100,000+

  • Gregory Page
  • Estate of Josephine Reed

$50,000 – $99,999

  • Jerry Martin

$25,000 – $49,999

  • 3M Foundation 
  • Colleen Carey and Pam Endean 
  • Conservation Minnesota 
  • EcoTrust 
  • Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton  
  • Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation: Four Cedars Environmental Fund 
  • Ted and Angie Erickson 
  • David and Amy Hartwell  
  • Ellinor D. and Edward J. Hayward 
  • Lucy Jones and Jim Johnson 
  • Mortenson Family Foundation 
  • Nivin and Duncan MacMillan Foundation 
  • Open Door Foundation 
  • Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation

$10,000 – $24,999

  • Allan Amis and Ginna Portman Amis 
  • Paul Anderson 
  • Julie Andrus 
  • Anonymous 
  • Athwin Foundation 
  • Buzz and Carolyn Pierce Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation 
  • Dallas and Louise Anderson Foundation 
  • David Winton Bell Foundation 
  • Ken and Abby Dawkins 
  • C. Curtis Dunnavan Fund 
  • Loren and Whitney Hansen 
  • Hawley Family Foundation 
  • James and Roz Hawley 
  • Elizabeth and Edwin Hlavka 
  • Elizabeth Hyatt 
  • Freshwater Society 
  • Carolyn and Doug Kohrs 
  • Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation 
  • Dave and Peggy Lucas 
  • Laurie Lucas 
  • John and Linda Massopust 
  • Kelly Matsuoka 
  • John W. Mooty Foundation Trust 
  • Rahr Foundation 
  • Willie and Markell Rahr 
  • John and Marilyn Fritz Shardlow 
  • Smikis Foundation 
  • Steven C. Leuthold Family Foundation 
  • UnitedHealth Group Matching Gift Program 
  • Pete and Mary Sue Vorbrich 
  • The Walser Foundation 
  • Peder Yurista

$5,000 – $9,999

  • Anonymous  
  • Arthur Thomas Alm Trust  
  • Barr Engineering Co. 
  • Jon and Metta Belisle via the St. Croix Valley Foundation 
  • Johanna Bell 
  • Tom and Margit Berg 
  • Austin and Rachel Damiani 
  • Dave and Diana Dawkins 
  • Liz and Brian Dillon 
  • Paul M. Egeland 
  • John Gabbert 
  • David and June Guckenberg 
  • Carter and Florence Hedeen 
  • Weston Hoard and Christina Evans 
  • Ellen Jones and Bob McKlveen 
  • Wood Kidner and Sue Funk 
  • Jeanne Kogl 
  • Diane and William Krueger 
  • Lathrop GPM Foundation 
  • Steve and Natalie Lehr 
  • Vince Leo and Susan Calmenson 
  • Bridget and Ross Levin 
  • Margaret Rivers Fund 
  • Sara Martineau 
  • James Mayer and Rochelle Gunn 
  • Nicholson Family Foundation: Ford & Catherine Nicholson Fund  
  • Oak Grove Foundation 
  • James A. Payne 
  • Rahr Corporation 
  • Elaine Rees and Gerald Morsello 
  • Barry and Ann Sampson 
  • Bill and Judy Walter 
  • Mike and Jani Wiebolt 
  • Elizabeth and Rufus Winton 
  • Jane and Oswald Wyatt

$1,000 – $4,999

  • Kent and Mandy Adams 
  • Pamela Akerstrom 
  • Jane Alexander and Chris O’Brien 
  • Richard Allendorf and Paul Markwardt  
  • Alton Foundation 
  • Ameriprise Financial Matching Gift Program 
  • Evan and Nancy Anderson 
  • Tom Anderson 
  • Anonymous 
  • Chas and Nancy Arend 
  • Paul and Sue Arneson 
  • Julie Glover Banker and Paul Banker 
  • Randall and Sara Barry 
  • Shirley and Bill Baxter 
  • Brad and Sherrie Beal 
  • Elissa Bean 
  • Bruce and Mary Bean 
  • Christine Beck 
  • Caroline Beckman 
  • Patricia Bellace 
  • Lindsay Berryman 
  • Rick and Ginny Black 
  • Blattner Company 
  • Blue Pencil Collective 
  • Bonnema Runke Stern Inc. 
  • Bruce and Margaret Johnson Fund of the Winona Community Foundation 
  • Andy and Jill Budish 
  • Suzanne Burks 
  • Michael and Susan Burnett 
  • John Bussey and Andrea Brubaker 
  • Jaclyn Carey 
  • Gary R. Carlson 
  • Ryan Carlson 
  • Nancy and Tom Caswell III 
  • Claire Colliander and Greg Steenson 
  • Colliers Mortgage 
  • The Cornerstone Group, Inc. 
  • Ellie Crosby — The Crosswols Foundation 
  • Ellie Crosby — The Longview Foundation 
  • Stewart and Lesley Crosby 
  • Tom and Barb Daggett 
  • Jennifer Dahl 
  • William Davidson and Claire Olson 
  • Linc and Cherie Davis 
  • Dayton King Foundation 
  • Gloria and Craig DeBerg 
  • Steven DeLapp 
  • Dellwood Foundation 
  • Len and Kathy Demmon 
  • Mary C Dolan — The Longview Foundation 
  • Kirk Dornfeld and Carol Winter 
  • Suzanne Doyle 
  • Joan R. Duddingston 
  • Eric and Mary Jo Duncan  
  • Mark Edstrom and Amy Knox 
  • Ellis Family Foundation, a Donor Advised Fund of U.S. Charitable Gift Trust 
  • Thomas and Jeanne Fansler 
  • Federated Insurance 
  • Ben and Becky Field 
  • Alison Forney 
  • David and Claire Forsberg 
  • Fredrikson & Byron Foundation 
  • Fredrikson & Byron P.A. 
  • Charlie and Iris Fried 
  • Brad Fuller and Libby Lincoln 
  • Alfrieda Gabiou 
  • Joseph Gauss 
  • Nancy Gibson and Ron Sternal 
  • Morris Gjessing 
  • Paul and Annette Godtland 
  • Stephen and Candace Gouze 
  • Peter and Mary Gove 
  • Brian Gruis 
  • Tony and Cathy Grundhauser 
  • Todd and Mary Guerrero 
  • Bret Haake and Dawn Wahldieck 
  • Susan Hackney 
  • Thomas Haller 
  • Jane Harper and John Velin 
  • Brian and Erin Hart 
  • James Hedin 
  • Julie Heegaard Fund 
  • Mike and Karel Helgeson 
  • Gail Helland and Helmut Pfurtscheller 
  • Doug Hoffman and Jen Pearson 
  • Julie Houg 
  • Paul R. Iversen 
  • J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. 
  • Jay and Mary Jackley 
  • James T. Nystrom Foundation 
  • Jerome J. and Ursula Choromanski Family Foundation 
  • Karl and Beth Johansson 
  • Clifford and Betty Johnson 
  • Jessica and Tim Johnson 
  • Pamela and Dwight Johnson  
  • Thomas Johnson and Judith Hawley 
  • Alan and Judy Johnston 
  • Anita Jones 
  • Martha Joy 
  • Daniel Jurgens and Ann Merrill 
  • Keith Kalenda 
  • Kanati Land Management 
  • Tom Karp and Joann Verweig 
  • Mary Kehrer-Schneider 
  • Stephen and June Keibler 
  • Jane Hartley Kingston 
  • Virginia Klenk 
  • John and Maureen Knapp 
  • Peter Knapp and Colleen O’Brien 
  • David Knoblauch and Suzanne Woodrich
  • Adelaide Krahn 
  • Laird Norton Family Foundation 
  • Michael Larsen and Linda Nelson 
  • Kris and Christine Larson 
  • Dave and Joyce Lasecke 
  • Steph Lee 
  • Erik Lindseth 
  • Alexis Ludwig-Vogen and Kirk Vogen 
  • Larry and Karen Lundblad 
  • Magers Charitable Gift Fund, a Fidelity Charitable Donor-Advised Fund 
  • Elizabeth Mairs 
  • Heide Mairs 
  • Helen Mairs  
  • Susan Mairs and Patricia Boulware 
  • Marathon Petroleum Matching Gift Program 
  • Bob and Siri Marshall  
  • Patrick Mascia 
  • Melinda Mattson 
  • Michael Menzel and Kathryn Iverson 
  • Bill and Sue Metzger 
  • Clint and Patty Miller 
  • Nicholas Miller 
  • Charles Misner 
  • Lucy Mitchell — The Longview Foundation 
  • James Mohn and Heather Muster 
  • Brianna Mooty 
  • Jeff and Amy Morsman 
  • Barb Naramore and Steve Cox 
  • Native Resource Preservation LLC 
  • Donald H. Nelson 
  • Nicholson Family Foundation: Todd and Martha Nicholson Fund 
  • Kelly and Dale Nitschke 
  • Jennifer O’Neill and Martin Cook 
  • Roger and Margaret Opp 
  • Jan and Robert Orange  
  • Dave and Karen Parrin 
  • Cheryl Paullin 
  • Peregrine Capital Management, Inc. 
  • Katherine Perry 
  • Alan Peterson and Mary Findorf 
  • Dwight Peterson 
  • Teresa Pierce 
  • Sara and Dave Pierson 
  • Alan Polsky 
  • Jane Prohaska and William Donohue 
  • Prospect Creek Foundation, a family foundation of Bruce and Martha Atwater 
  • Emily Rasmussen 
  • Jason Reher 
  • Nick Reinke 
  • Todd Reubold 
  • Eric and Jessica Rhyner 
  • Sherry and Kevin Roberg-Perez 
  • Rick and Denise Rosvold 
  • John Roxbury 
  • Christine and Tom Ruppert 
  • Adam Schwartz-Lowe 
  • Amy Schwarz and Tyler Teggatz 
  • Bob Scott 
  • George W. Shardlow 
  • The Sherwin-Williams Company 
  • Mariana and Craig Shulstad 
  • David Siebert and Sarah Dunning 
  • Pete and Teresa Siebert 
  • Romy Silver-Kohn and Jesse Kohn 
  • Mary Ann Sironen 
  • Dean Skallman 
  • Eleni Skevas 
  • Joe Slavec 
  • Julie Smendzuik-O’Brien and D. William O’Brien 
  • Angela Smith and Erik Tryggestad  
  • Kevin Smith and Beverly Zimmer 
  • Jack and Julie Snow 
  • Rick and Cheryl Snyder 
  • Wendy Sommer 
  • St. Luke Presbyterian Church 
  • Stantec Consulting 
  • Jim and Carol Stark 
  • Sue Steinwall 
  • Maureen Steinwall and Mike Lavelle 
  • Steinwall, Inc. 
  • Sunrise Banks 
  • Harold Teasdale 
  • Jim and Kay Tennessen 
  • Teresa Thews and Paul Scobie 
  • Jennifer Thompson and Michelle Collette 
  • Lynelle and Samuel S. Thorpe IV 
  • Tim and Diane Thorpe 
  • Glenda Tollefson 
  • Dale Ulrich and Julie Brunner 
  • George Vacek 
  • Skip and Mary Kay Von de Linde 
  • Brad and Cyndy Wallin 
  • Philip and Carolyn Wallis 
  • Margaret Ward 
  • Barry Warner and Maureen Wiegner 
  • Michael Welch and Elaine Eschenbacher 
  • Erin Anderson Wenz and Greg Wenz 
  • Beth and Erick Westerback  
  • David and Beverly Wickstrom 
  • Wild North Co. 
  • Richard M. Williams 
  • Mark and Nancy Wilson 
  • Susan D. Wilson 
  • Eleanor and Fred Winston — The Longview Foundation 
  • Steven and Beverly Wolf 
  • Tom and Peggy Wolner 
  • Margaret V.B. Wurtele 
  • Xcel Energy 
  • Cindy Zitzmann and Eric Bohnert 
  • Charlotte and Steve Zumbusch 
  • Jennie and Andy Zumbusch

$500 – $999

  • 3M Matching Gifts Program 
  • Adobe Inc. Matching Gift Program 
  • Bird Anderson 
  • Kristi and Scott Anderson 
  • Patrick Anderson and Kirsten Erickson 
  • Anonymous 
  • Constance Archbald 
  • Margaret Arnold 
  • John and Lillian Arnzen 
  • Baihly Woods Preservation Association 
  • Matthew Bass 
  • Chandra Benjamin 
  • Kim Berns-Melhus and Jon Melhus 
  • Eric Biese 
  • Cheryl Birkland 
  • Carla Blumberg 
  • Nancy and Steve Braker 
  • Tony Brown 
  • Carlson and Carlson Family Foundation 
  • Reid Carron and Becky Rom 
  • Susan Chandler 
  • Maria Christu and Kevin Staunton 
  • Bill and Kate Cullen 
  • Mr. and Mrs. Eric Curran-Bakken 
  • Joan Dayton 
  • Chuck and Jackie Dietz 
  • Tim and Barbara Doten 
  • Kristin Eggerling and Paul Blomquist 
  • Dan Elder 
  • Kristin Elliott 
  • Jerry Erickson and Ben Aguilar 
  • Dave and Renee Ethier 
  • Barb Farrell 
  • Chris Farrell and Carolyn Wall 
  • Charles and Anne Ferrell 
  • Glen Fladeboe and Stephanie McClearey 
  • Chris and Ellen Christine Flaherty 
  • Ian and Carol Friendly 
  • Norm and Deb Giertz 
  • Scott and Carla Gillespie 
  • Krista Graven 
  • Richard and Marnee Grefe 
  • Martha Greiner 
  • Terry and Susan Gruenhagen 
  • The Guardian 
  • Mike and Jodi Guckenberg 
  • Leslie A. Garner Guinee 
  • Colin Hamilton 
  • Rick Hammond 
  • Kelly Hayes 
  • Helen Hayhurst 
  • Jeffrey and Beth Hayward 
  • Robert and Carolyn Hedin 
  • Jeff and Lucy Heegaard 
  • Jessica Hellmann and Larry Latarte 
  • Ed and Linda Hendrickson 
  • Johnna Hobbs 
  • Patrick and Christine Hoppe 
  • Dan and Nancy Howard 
  • Illinois Tool Works Matching Gift Program 
  • Charles and Karen Jensen 
  • Dr. John Morrison and Carrie Scherer Family Fund of the Catholic Community Foundation 
  • Cameron Johnson 
  • Doug and Jean Johnson 
  • Janet Jones 
  • Curtis Jorenby 
  • The Julie and Christopher Causey Fund 
  • Megan K 
  • Fred and Susan Kaiser 
  • Robert Karls 
  • Ronald and Pamela Kaufman 
  • Steve Kaukola 
  • David Kelley 
  • Bob and Joan Klaiber 
  • Karen Kleinhans 
  • Stacie Klitz 
  • Martin Koessel
  • Sandra Korthuis 
  • Linda and Michael Kriel 
  • Carol Kuechler and Thomas Tesch 
  • Daniel and Constance Kunin 
  • Scott and Mary Lagaard 
  • Randy Lake and Colleen Keough 
  • Landmark Environmental, LLC 
  • Thomas Lauria 
  • Richard Leppert 
  • Douglas and Mary Logeland 
  • Alan Lohman, Lohman Family Charitable Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of U.S. Charitable Gift Trust 
  • Steven and Catherine Long 
  • Jody and Rick Loseth 
  • Anne E. Lowe 
  • Steven Lukas 
  • Andrea Mackenthun 
  • Chris Maghrak 
  • Sandi Maguire 
  • Jill McCarthy 
  • Martin McKinney 
  • Medtronic Matching Gift Program 
  • Leeann Metzmaker 
  • Tom Meyer and Martha Meyer-Von Blon 
  • David and Catherine Meyers 
  • Microsoft Matching Gifts Program 
  • Mary Miller 
  • Lillie Mobley 
  • Menaka Mohan 
  • Gary Nichols 
  • Joe and Mary Nosek 
  • John and Kathleen Oberholtzer 
  • Wayne and Michelle Ostlie  
  • Bret and Karen Petersen 
  • Thatcher and Joanne Peterson 
  • Ned and Sarah Phillips  
  • Anne Pick 
  • Piper Sandler Matching Gift Program 
  • Mary and Benjamin G. Rae III 
  • William Ramsden and Doreen Lynch 
  • John and Betty Reichert 
  • Donna Rodel and Bernie Waibel (The Bernie and Donna Charitable Donation Fund at Vanguard Charitable) 
  • Racey and Kelly Rodne 
  • William and Lynne Rogers 
  • Jim Rustad and Kay Thomas 
  • Mary Savina 
  • Marjorie Schlossman 
  • William Schmitt 
  • Jennifer and Christopher Scholl 
  • Maggie and Contee Seely 
  • Janine Sieja and Steven Yore  
  • Fay and Kurt Simer 
  • Debbie Skayer 
  • Angela Smith 
  • Bruce Smith and Marie Prottengeier-Smith 
  • Mark Spickelmier 
  • Charlotte Stephens 
  • Tom and Christine Stoa via the Stoa Fund at Vanguard Charitable 
  • Roger Strand 
  • David and Sandy Street 
  • Emma Sutton 
  • Tom Sybrant 
  • Sarah Taffee 
  • Alisha Telci 
  • Kenneth and Mary Thompson 
  • Thomas Troester 
  • Catherine Turner 
  • Del and Gail Underbakke 
  • Nancy Warner 
  • Miriam Weinstein 
  • Karen Westphall 
  • David K. Whitney 
  • Steve Wilson and Mary Shedd 
  • Jackie Wood and Tim Naegeli 
  • Odia Wood-Krueger and Tim Krueger 
  • Xcel Energy Matching Gift Program 
  • Steve and Susan Zimmerman

In-Kind Donations

  • Ann Bancroft
  • Belwin Conservancy 
  • Jim and Judy Brandenburg 
  • Emily Ford 
  • Robert and Caroline Fullerton 
  • David and Amy Hartwell 
  • William Kent Krueger 
  • Bridget and Ross Levin 
  • Listening Point Foundation 
  • Mystical Marine 
  • Patagonia 
  • Nick Reinke 
  • Sven Sundgaard 
  • Elizabeth and Rufus Winton 
  • Jane and Oswald Wyatt 

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Add Your Name to the List!

Signal your support for clean air and water, permanently protected natural lands and shoreline, and habitat for Minnesota’s diverse native and migrating species.

Landowners

Thank you to the generous landowners granting conservation easements or land from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023 as named below.

  • Mary Jo Adriaens 
  • Roberta Ahrendt 
  • Mark and Jeanette Anderson 
  • Ann Bancroft 
  • Dale and Betty Barrett 
  • Doug and Peggy Brink 
  • Karen Crichton 
  • Estate of Josephine Reed 
  • Timothy Green and Teresa Geer-Green 
  • Charles and Mary Kay Haas 
  • Robert and Jane Heurung 
  • David Hey 
  • Susan & Charlie Hipp 
  • Bruce and Maureen Johnson 
  • Janelle Kelleher 
  • Anthony and Jennifer Kotschevar  
  • Chris and Stacey Kremer  
  • Charles Kurtzman 
  • James Kurtzman 
  • Joseph Kurtzman 
  • Judith Ann Kurtzman 
  • Michael Kurtzman 
  • Louise Lederhos 
  • Little Watab Properties Limited Partnership 
  • Lutheran Brethren Bible Camp, Inc. 
  • David Massey and Pamela Tasker 
  • Anah M. Munson 
  • Jane Noll West 
  • Daniel Norris 
  • Northern Lights Council of Boy Scouts of America, Inc 
  • Dave and Stephanie Sanderson 
  • Michael Sieve 
  • Union Congregational Church 
  • Julie A. VerSteeg Revocable Trust 
  • Rud C. Wasson and Marlene T. Wasson 
  • Bradley & Victoria Wendberg 
  • Michael Wing 
  • Robert Wing 
  • Jeanne Woods 

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Want to Conserve Your Land?

We need you! Become a part of Minnesota’s conservation legacy and join hundreds of dedicated landowners across Minnesota who are protecting and stewarding tens of thousands of acres of protected private lands.

Volunteers

This work wouldn’t be possible without volunteers, especially volunteer monitors who visit protected properties on behalf of the Minnesota Land Trust. The following individuals helped us meet our monitoring goals during the fiscal year, July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.

  • Marge Amberson 
  • Tom Anderson 
  • Stephen Aysta 
  • Polly Bayrd 
  • Ann Beaver 
  • Tom Beaver 
  • Eric Biese 
  • Daryl Bohm 
  • Alicia Borg  
  • Matt Bredesen 
  • Jim Brewer 
  • Jim Burkett 
  • Frankie Cody 
  • Ian Colby 
  • Craig Cold 
  • PJ Conolly 
  • Mark Crawford 
  • Keith Dehnbostel 
  • Emma Ehrlich 
  • Mark Erickson 
  • Fitz Fitzgerald 
  • Jenna Fletcher 
  • Devon Funt 
  • Kristina Geiger 
  • Lark Gilmer 
  • Nona Goertz 
  • Sean Gokey 
  • Matt Grimley 
  • Gary Gustafson 
  • Sonya Gylsen 
  • Dave Hagen 
  • Ken Hains 
  • Eva Hansen 
  • John Harford 
  • Jeff Hayward 
  • Carter Hedeen 
  • Eric Hedeen 
  • Florence Hedeen 
  • Tom Hoffmann 
  • Yvonne Hubmayr 
  • Pam Joachim 
  • Karl Johansson 
  • Clifford Johnson 
  • Jim Johnson 
  • Kasey Johnson 
  • Mark Johnson 
  • Murdoch Johnson 
  • Ellen Jones 
  • Megen Kabele 
  • Bob Karls 
  • David Knoblauch 
  • Dag Knudsen 
  • Liam Krause 
  • Ryan Kutter 
  • Barbara LaMotte 
  • Mike LaMotte 
  • Greg Larson 
  • Steve Lee 
  • Linda Leistman 
  • Louise Levy 
  • Gloria Lindberg 
  • Joe Lindberg 
  • Diane Lund 
  • John Mack 
  • Bill Majewski 
  • Norma Malinowski 
  • Jamie Manning 
  • Mike Manning 
  • Kelly Matsuoka 
  • Bob McKlveen 
  • Clint Miller 
  • Bob Narem 
  • Matt Neil 
  • Mary Newstrom 
  • Regan Nix 
  • Lou Ochocki 
  • Eric Olson 
  • Jennifer O’Neill 
  • Gina Portman Amis 
  • William Risse 
  • Kelly Scanlan 
  • Bob Scheierl 
  • Dennis Scherber 
  • Bruce Schoenberg 
  • Lee Scholder  
  • Paul Scobie 
  • Carol Sersland 
  • Bill Sharbono 
  • Steve Sicheneder 
  • Fay Simer 
  • Tom Sullivan 
  • Teresa Thews 
  • Ann Thies 
  • Brian Varland 
  • Ken Varland 
  • Stacy Vasend 
  • Brian Wagenaar 
  • Steve Warner 
  • Mark Wendt 
  • Erick Westerback 
  • David White 
  • Margie White 
  • Peder Yurista 
  • Kyaw Zaw Lwin

Become a Volunteer

Want to support conservation in Minnesota with your time and talents? Become a trained volunteer monitor working with the Minnesota Land Trust Stewardship team and visit protected properties across the state.

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Gifts Made in Memory of

The following people were lovingly memorialized through a gift to the Minnesota Land Trust between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

  • Elly  
  • Siri  
  • Jim Bean 
  • John Bergstrom 
  • James T. Berryman 
  • Don Biehn 
  • Mark Bjorlie 
  • Anne Blabeley 
  • Dorothy Bohn 
  • Ann G. Bruins 
  • Barbara Budd 
  • Granny Carlaw 
  • Lucian Castor 
  • Thomas Caswell, Jr. 
  • Don & Kathy Curtis 
  • Linda Erickson 
  • Olai N. Erickson 
  • John Fahning 
  • Jason Dean Finstad 
  • David Gardner 
  • Frank Gates 
  • Martin Hachfeld 
  • Beverly Harries 
  • Jim Holman 
  • Bruce Johnson 
  • Robert & Sharon Kaster 
  • Albert & Dorothy Lange 
  • Leo Lawlor 
  • Rolfe A. Leary 
  • Craig Lindeke 
  • Robert (Bob) Mairs 
  • Anne & Donald McCarthy 
  • Mike McCarthy 
  • Jerry Medley 
  • Carol Mills  
  • Connie Woodrich Myhre  
  • Richard Nord 
  • Dan & Sallie O’Brien 
  • John Oldendorf 
  • Rev. Daniel & Lois Pearson 
  • John Nicholas Petroff 
  • Blaine Pool 
  • David Pratt 
  • Jerome Richgels 
  • Tim Ritchie 
  • Wally Ritchie 
  • Andrew Scheibel 
  • Leo Schneider 
  • Rochelle Sherper 
  • Chip Slater 
  • Robert Treuer 
  • Richard Weisbecker 
  • Molly Woerhlin 
  • Lloyd & Ida Wyatt 
  • Lino & Linda Zelada

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Encampment River Area Conservation Fund

Thank you to the following donors who helped support the Encampment River Area Conservation Fund between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

  • Julie Andrus 
  • Anonymous 
  • John and Susanne Bathke 
  • Bruce and Mary Bean 
  • Lindsay Berryman 
  • John and Debra Bryant 
  • Peter Budd 
  • Nancy Caswell 
  • Nancy and Tom Caswell III 
  • Stewart and Lesley Crosby 
  • Bill and Kate Cullen 
  • Len and Beth Dayton 
  • Susan Dilday 
  • Ann Elliott 
  • Steve and Liz Ellmann 
  • Jay and Mary Jackley 
  • Tommy Johns and Julie Gillette Johns 
  • Ward and Shotsy Johnson 
  • Tom Karp and Joann Verweig 
  • David Knoblauch and Suzanne Woodrich 
  • Gretchen Littlefield 
  • Elizabeth Mairs 
  • Heide Mairs 
  • Helen Mairs 
  • Rob and Aimee Mairs 
  • Susan Mairs and Patricia Boulware 
  • Jaime and Jessica McCarthy 
  • Jill McCarthy 
  • Kay McCarthy 
  • Tom and Darlene McCarthy
  • Bill and Beth McClelland 
  • David Myhre 
  • Nicholson Family Foundation: Todd and Martha Nicholson Fund 
  • Bridget O’Brien and Mark Nelson 
  • Charles and Marietta Pitzele 
  • Daniel and Terri Pratt 
  • Lucinda Pratt 
  • William Priedeman and Marcia McMullen 
  • Chuck Ritchie 
  • Daniel and Alicia Ritchie 
  • Wint and Tina Ritchie 
  • Tom and Kathy Rivers  
  • Eric Schmitt 
  • William Schmitt 
  • Maggie and Contee Seely 
  • Julie Smendzuik-O’Brien and D. William O’Brien 
  • Kevin Smith and Beverly Zimmer 
  • Lynne Snider 
  • Hans and Ann Thorkelson 
  • Laura Thorpe 
  • Lynelle and Samuel S. Thorpe IV 
  • Brad and Cyndy Wallin 
  • Julia Weisbecker 
  • David and Miriam West 
  • Katie and Charlie White 
  • Laura Williams 
  • Elizabeth and Rufus Winton 
  • Sue Woehrlin 
  • Ben and Donna Wright 
  • Robert and Eleanor Zeff

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Rainy Lake Fund

Thank you to the following donors who helped support the Rainy Lake Fund between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

  • Molly Anderson 
  • Paul Anderson 
  • Anonymous 
  • Kristin and Gareth Bannister 
  • Wolfgang Bielefeld 
  • Mike and Kate Bolles 
  • Linda Causey 
  • Ellis Family Foundation, a Donor Advised Fund of U.S. Charitable Gift Trust 
  • Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation 
  • Joseph Gauss 
  • Linda and Robert Hammar 
  • Hawley Family Foundation 
  • James and Roz Hawley 
  • Michael Hawley 
  • Helen Hayhurst 
  • A.C. Hickox 
  • Elizabeth Hyatt 
  • The Julie and Christopher Causey Fund 
  • Larry and Jo Kallemeyn 
  • Paul and Kay Larsen 
  • Douglas and Mary Logeland 
  • Sara Martineau 
  • Anne Newhart 
  • Thatcher and Joanne Peterson 
  • Barry and Ann Sampson 
  • Kimm and Mark Schneider 
  • David Siebert and Sarah Dunning 
  • Pete and Teresa Siebert 
  • Steve and Elaine Thrune 
  • Philip and Carolyn Wallis 

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2023 Publications

Minnesota Land Trust 2023 Photo Album

Check out our projects and events from the past calendar year. Click or tap on the photos to view full sized images and captions.

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