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 [...]
The buzz of chainsaws is punctuated by a crack of wood. Though it may seem counterintuitive, even jarring, this is the sound of forest restoration—specifically, restoration of 115 acres in Lake County, Minnesota. The owners of the property, situated directly between Split Rock Lighthouse and Gooseberry Falls State Parks, acquired a conservation easement in 2019, [...]
Featured, Lake Superior, Private Lands Restoration, Protected Property, Restoration
Canoeing on Bad Axe Lake | Photo: Northern Lights Council, BSA SAINT PAUL, Minn, April 26, 2023 — Together, the Minnesota Land Trust and the Northern Lights Council of the Boy Scouts of America have permanently protected a portion of Boy Scout Camp Wilderness, including over 3,600 feet of natural shoreline on Bad Axe Lake [...]
Featured, Mississippi Headwaters, News, Press Releases, Protected Property, Uncategorized
The property in the Minnesota Land Trust’s Rum and St. Croix River Conservation Priority area includes the forested northern shore of Rock Lake and is situated between a Walmart Supercenter, golf course, and two residential developments near the growing community of Pine City, Minnesota. The most obvious and, likely lucrative, opportunity for retired farmer [...]
Featured, Private Lands Restoration, Protected Property, Restoration, Rum & St. Croix Rivers
The Barrett family, headed by landowners Dale and Betty Barrett, have demonstrated incredible persistence in their steady pursuit to permanently protect Tennyson Lake in Isanti County, Minnesota, in the Minnesota Land Trust’s Twin Cities Metro conservation priority region. To date, they’ve permanently protected 322 acres of land or water and almost two miles of shoreline [...]
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