Minnesota Land Trust Impact Report 2024

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Included on this web page are the many supporters, volunteers, and landowners whose generosity has helped ensure that water, wildlife, and habitat is safeguarded today and for future generations of Minnesotans.

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Our 2024 Supporters

We are so grateful for our supporters, including donors, landowners, volunteers, Encampment Area Conservation Fund and Rainy Lake Fund donors, those who have included the Minnesota Land Trust in their estate plans, and individuals who have been lovingly memorialized with a gift to the Land Trust.

Additionally, members of the current Minnesota Land Trust staff and board help increase our conservation and restoration reach and impact across the state of Minnesota.

Our work is made possible through the generous financial support of our donors. Thank you to the individuals and groups that donated between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, named below, as well as the many people who contributed up to $999. Click or tap to view the names in each giving segment.

$50,000–$99,000

• Fleetwood Foundation 
• Ellinor D. and Edward J. Hayward 
• Laird Norton Family Foundation 

• Jerry Martin 
• Steven Roecklein Estate 
• The Room & Board Foundation

$25,000–$49,999

•  Bob Bruce 
• Carole I. Mannheim Administrative Trust  
• Ken and Abby Dawkins 
• Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton  
• Donna Herzog Foundation 
• Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation: Four Cedars Environmental Fund 
• Morris Gjessing

• David and Amy Hartwell
• John and Linda Massopust 
• Kelly Matsuoka 
• Mortenson Family Foundation 
• Nivin and Duncan MacMillan Foundation 
• Open Door Foundation 
• Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation 
• Pete and Mary Sue Vorbrich

$10,000–$24,999

•  Julie Andrus 
• Anonymous 
• Buzz and Carolyn Pierce Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation 
• Colleen Carey and Pam Endean 
• Dallas and Louise Anderson Foundation 
• Jerry Erickson and Ben Aguilar 
• Ted and Angie Erickson 
• Freshwater Society 
• Carter and Florence Hedeen 
• John W. Mooty Foundation Trust  
• Wood Kidner and Sue Funk 
• Carolyn and Doug Kohrs 
• Neil and Debbie Krueger 

•  Bridget and Ross Levin 
• Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation 
• Laurie Lucas 
• James Mayer and Rochelle Gunn 
• Network for Landscape Conservation Catalyst Fund  
• Quintin Foundation 
• Rahr Corporation 
• Rahr Foundation 
• Willie and Markell Rahr 
• UnitedHealth Group Matching Gift Program 
• Jane and Oswald Wyatt 
• Peder Yurista

$5,000–$9,999

•  Allan Amis and Ginna Portman Amis 
• Anonymous 
• Athwin Foundation 
• Tom and Margit Berg 
• Caroline Dayton 
• Liz and Brian Dillon 
• Nancy Gibson and Ron Sternal 
• Richard and Susan Goldman 
• David and June Guckenberg 
• Loren and Whitney Hansen 
• James and Roz Hawley 
• Hawley Family Foundation 
• Elizabeth and Edwin Hlavka 
• Weston Hoard and Christina Evans 
• Karl and Beth Johansson 
• Johnson Brothers Liquor Company 
• Ellen Jones and Bob McKlveen 
• Jane Hartley Kingston

•  John and Maureen Knapp 
• David Knoblauch and Suzanne Woodrich 
• Jeanne Kogl 
• Diane and William Krueger 
• Steve and Natalie Lehr 
• Vince Leo and Susan Calmenson 
• Margaret Rivers Fund 
• Oak Grove Foundation 
• James A. Payne 
• Elaine Rees and Gerald Morsello 
• Christine and Tom Ruppert 
• Barry and Ann Sampson 
• John Shepard and Suzanne Brust 
• Jeremy Steiner 
• Steven C. Leuthold Family Foundation 
• Barry Warner and Maureen Wiegner 
• Wells Fargo 
• Joseph and Jeanne White 

$1,000–$4,999

•  3M Matching Gifts Program 
• Pamela Akerstrom 
• Richard Allendorf and Paul Markwardt  
• Alton Foundation 
• Ameriprise Financial Matching Gift Program 
• Scott and Monica Anderegg 
• Art and Jan Anderson 
• Evan and Nancy Anderson 
• Patrick Anderson and Kirsten Erickson 
• Tom Anderson and Nancy Conger 
• Anonymous 
• Chas and Nancy Arend 
• Paul and Sue Arneson 
• Janalee Aurelia and Eric S. Anderson 
• Emily and Joel Barker 
• Barr Engineering Co. 
• Shirley and Bill Baxter 
• Christine Beck 
• Johanna Bell 
• Patricia Bellace 
• Micah Benway 
• Lindsay Berryman 
• Joyce Bish 
• Rick and Ginny Black 
• Blattner Company 
• Jeff and Emily Blodgett 
• Blue Pencil Collective 
• Matt and Stacy Bogart 
• Bonnema Runke Stern Inc. 
• Dana Boyle 
• Matt Bredesen and Debbie Buchman 
• Priscilla Brewster 
• Ali Britton and John Harned 
• Owen and Alison Brown 
• Andy and Jill Budish 
• Michael and Susan Burnett 
• Gary R. Carlson 
• Carlson and Carlson Family Foundation 
• Nancy and Tom Caswell III 
• Maria Christu and Kevin Staunton 
• Claire Colliander and Greg Steenson 
• Convergent Retirement Plan Solutions, LLC 
• Coril Holdings Matching Gifts Program 
• Jane Sage Cowles 
• Ellie Crosby – The Crosswols Foundation 
• Ellie Crosby – The Longview Foundation 
• Steve and Karen Crouch 
• Bill and Kate Cullen 
• Eric Curran-Bakken 
• Tom and Barb Daggett 
• Jennifer Dahl 
• William Davidson and Claire Olson 
• Dayton King Foundation 
• Steven DeLapp 
• Dellwood Foundation 
• Jacqueline Dietz  
• Susan Dilday 
• Mary C Dolan — The Longview Foundation 
• Nicole Donlon 
• Kirk Dornfeld and Carol Winter 
• Ashley Doss 
• Pamela Dow 
• Joan R. Duddingston 
• Peter and Rose Dwyer 
• Joyce Edstrom 
• Mark Edstrom and Amy Knox 
• Paul M. Egeland 
• Dan Elder 
• Barb Farrell 
• Paul Farrell and Laura Wood 
• Federated Insurance 
• Craig Fellman 
• Ben and Becky Field 
• Flavia S. Franta Trust 
• David and Claire Forsberg 
• Carol Foster 
• Fredrikson & Byron Foundation 
• Alfrieda Gabiou 
• Joseph Gauss 
• Norm and Deb Giertz 
• GiveMN 
• Paul and Annette Godtland 
• Tony and Cathy Grundhauser 
• Susan Hackney 
• Stephen and Kathy Hammergren 
• James Hedin 
• Ellen Herman and Chrispian Shelton 
• Heidi Hermann 
• Christopher Hermann and Brian Pietsch 
• Amber Hodges 
• Doug Hoffman and Jen Pearson 
• Julie Houg 
• Richard and Nancie Huston 
• Elizabeth Hyatt 
• J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. 
• Draper and Molly Jaffray 
• David Jahangir 
• JAMF Nation Global Foundation Matching Gift Program 
• Jerome J. and Ursula Choromanski Family Foundation 
• Clifford and Betty Johnson 
• Thomas Johnson and Judith Hawley 
• Alan and Judy Johnston 
• Jon and Metta Belisle via the St. Croix Valley Foundation 
• Curtis Jorenby 
• Daniel Jurgens and Ann Merrill 
• Fred and Susan Kaiser 
• Keith Kalenda 
• Kanati Land Management 
• Robert Karls and Bonita Girard 
• Stephen and June Keibler 
• Bob and Joan Klaiber
• Virginia Klenk

• Kari Koehler and Tobin Sobaski 
• Martin Koessel 
• Linda Kriel 
• Peggy Ladner and Clif Brittain 
• Kris and Christine Larson 
• Dave and Joyce Lasecke 
• Lathrop GPM Foundation 
• Thomas Lauria 
• Steph Lee 
• Richard Leppert 
• Douglas H. Lewis  
• Hans and Louise Liao 
• Erik Lindseth and Kristin Benson 
• Douglas and Mary Logeland 
• Larry and Karen Lundblad 
• Elizabeth Mairs 
• Heide Mairs 
• Helen Mairs 
• Kari and David Marsch 
• Bob and Siri Marshall  
• Mary Maurice and Sandra Sedo 
• Daniel May 
• McKesson Matching Gifts Program 
• Medtronic Matching Gift Program 
• Bill and Sue Metzger 
• Clint and Patty Miller 
• Nicholas Miller 
• Charles Misner 
• Lucy Mitchell — The Longview Foundation 
• James Mohn and Heather Muster 
• Gerald Montie and Mary Androff 
• Jeff and Amy Morsman 
• Barb Naramore and Steve Cox 
• Native Resource Preservation LLC 
• Nicholson Family Foundation: Ford & Catherine Nicholson Fund 
• Nicholson Family Foundation: Todd and Martha Nicholson Fund 
• Mark and Patti Norquist 
• NRG Energy, Inc. Matching Gifts Program 
• Tom and Meredith Olson 
• Dave and Karen Parrin 
• Cheryl Paullin 
• Peregrine Capital Management, Inc. 
• Bret and Karen Petersen 
• Alan Peterson and Mary Findorff 
• Dwight Peterson 
• Grant and Debbie Peterson 
• Anne Pick 
• Teresa Pierce 
• Sara and Dave Pierson 
• Piper Sandler Matching Gift Program 
• Prairie Restorations, Inc 
• Jane Prohaska and William Donohue 
• Jason Reher 
• Deborah Reynolds 
• Eric and Jessica Rhyner 
• Donna Rodel and Bernie Waibel (The Bernie and Donna Charitable Donation Fund at Vanguard Charitable) 
• Racey and Kelly Rodne 
• Rick and Denise Rosvold 
• Mary Savina 
• Adam Schwartz-Lowe 
• John and Marilyn Fritz Shardlow 
• Mariana and Craig Shulstad 
• Mary Ann Sironen 
• Dean Skallman 
• Eleni Skevas 
• Joe Slavec 
• Julie Smendzuik-O’Brien and D. William O’Brien 
• Angela Smith and Erik Tryggestad 
• Bruce Smith and Marie Prottengeier-Smith 
• Kevin Smith and Beverly Zimmer 
• Jack and Julie Snow 
• Wendy Sommer 
• Stantec Consulting 
• Andrea and John Steiner-Manning 
• Joshua and Paula Stern 
• Stoeckel Jahner Land Surveying 
• Sunrise Banks 
• Jim and Kay Tennessen 
• Teresa Thews and Paul Scobie 
• Lynelle and Samuel S. Thorpe IV 
• Tim and Diane Thorpe 
• Dan and Judy Titcomb 
• Tom and Holly Traub 
• Jim and Beth Tschida 
• George Vacek 
• VMWare Foundation on behalf of Mandy Storbakken 
• Skip and Mary Kay Von de Linde 
• Tim Wallace and Amy Loiselle 
• Brad and Cyndy Wallin 
• Michael Walstrom and Kerrie Blevins 
• Julia Wear-Jackson 
• Miriam Weinstein 
• Erin Anderson Wenz and Greg Wenz 
• Mike and Jani Wiebolt 
• Harold and Bonnie Wiegner 
• Wild North Co. 
• Richard M. Williams 
• Mark and Nancy Wilson 
• Susan D. Wilson 
• Eleanor and Fred Winston — The Longview Foundation 
• Michelle Winter 
• Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. 
• Steven and Beverly Wolf 
• Tom and Peggy Wolner 
• Odia Wood-Krueger and Tim Krueger 
• Margaret V.B. Wurtele 
• Mary and William Zimmer Foundation 
• Charlotte and Steve Zumbusch 
• Jennie and Andy Zumbusch

In-Kind Donations

•  Chel Anderson 
• Avon Hills Folk School 
• Belwin Conservancy 
• Gini Breidenbach 
• Beth Dooley 
• Deb Estrem 
• Robert and Caroline Fullerton 
• Klarhet 
• Lutsen Mountains 

•  Mossy Roots Botanical 
• North Shore Winery 
• John and Kathleen Oberholtzer 
• Patagonia 
• Scott Rall 
• Sven Sundgaard  
• Three Forks Ranch: Lodge and Spa 
• Elizabeth and Rufus Winton

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We are deeply grateful to the individuals and families who have included the Minnesota Land Trust in their estate plans, leaving a lasting legacy for the places they love. We honor the memory of those who have passed, noted with *. 

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Make a Transformational Gift.

Include the Minnesota Land Trust in your estate plans and create a legacy of conservation to help protect our precious outdoor spaces for generations to come.

Thank you to the generous landowners granting conservation easements or land from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, as named below.

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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, 2023, to June 30, 2024.

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The following people were lovingly memorialized through a gift to the Minnesota Land Trust between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.

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Thank you to the following donors who helped support the Encampment River Area Conservation Fund between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.

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Thank you to the following donors who helped support the Rainy Lake Fund between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.

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