As the Twin Cities metro expands ever-outwards, more and more land that was once critical habitat for fish, plants, and wildlife becomes new subdivisions, houses, and roads. And that means that areas like Medvecky Woods, one of the few remaining large, ecologically intact and functional landscapes just north of the metro area is coming under [...]
Photo by Rebecca FieldJuly 25, 2017
You’re looking at a bobolink, an entertaining bird that spends its summers in Minnesota prairies.
During the spring and early summer, the male—who people often say looks like he’s wearing an upside-down tuxedo—does acrobats to catch the eye of a beautiful lady bobolink.
We’re very proud to tell you about a new easement located southeast of Houston, Minnesota that fits into adjacent state forest land like a key fits in a lock. “I am excited about these 275-acres of land because it’s surrounded on three sides by 3,300 acres of the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Forest’s Reno Unit,” [...]
Birds, trout, school kids, paddlers. That’s just the start of the list of those that benefit from the Root River watershed. And now 86 acres of forest, wetlands and open water are protected forever […]
The setting was spectacular: a waterfall gurgling over lichen covered boulders. Tall pines standing sentinel over a pristine lake in the wilderness of northern Minnesota. Boggy, nearly impenetrable wetlands harboring the secrets of the surrounding boreal forest, the tranquility broken only by the raucous cackling of a raven […]
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