Welcome to Camp Vermilion | Photo by Camp Vermilion, part of Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry. You’re protecting the places where nature shapes lives. For thousands of Minnesotans, a love of nature begins at a nature center or summer camp like Camp Vermilion and Inspiration Point. It’s where the quiet of the forest, the pull of a [...]
A Broad-winged hawk flying over Hawk Ridge. Photo courtesy of Hawk Ridge by Sean McLaughlin, Lead Fall Bird Migration Counter. You helped safeguard 1,100 acres where birds, wildlife, and people thrive. Each fall, the sky above Duluth’s Hawk Ridge comes alive. Hawks, eagles, and falcons ride the thermals over Lake Superior. Songbirds and waterfowl stream [...]
Mantrap Lake in Hubbard County, MN The Minnesota Land Trust and Northern Waters Land Trust partnered to protect a portion of the land surrounding the historic 3M retreat center on Big Mantrap Lake in Hubbard County. This conservation achievement ensures that approximately 449 acres of ecologically significant land and over six miles of shoreline will [...]
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Passenger pigeons being hunted in Louisiana (citation). The disappearance of passenger pigeons from North American skies would have been unimaginable to people in the early 1800s. The beautiful, buff-gray and orange-colored birds were once the most abundant bird in North America, numbering from three to five billion. Flocks flying overhead could stretch for hundreds of [...]
Image Credits Wherever you live in Minnesota, there are opportunities to view and appreciate birds during fall migration. Timing: Shorebird and songbird migrations tend to peak in late August and early September while waterfowl and raptor migrations peak in late September and October. Plan Your Visit: Pack for the weather and terrain, bring binoculars, be [...]
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