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This last month MNCF Executive Director Brad Gausman was the featured guest on Lakeland Currents which is broadcast on Lakeland PBS in parts of northern Minnesota. The conversation touched [...]

The Department of Interior has canceled mining leases for proposed sulfide ore mining projects adjacent to the Boundary Waters in North East Minnesota. Read the press release below from [...]

The Minnesota DNR has released testing information related to the CWD tests administered over the 2021 whitetail season. In the 604 zone which is currently designated a management zone [...]

Public land users in South West Minnesota will soon have more room to roam. The Minnesota Land Exchange board has officially approved the sale of an 80 acre parcel [...]

The Minnesota Conservation Federation is excited to have Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar's support of the Recovering Americas Wildlife Act (RAWA). The bill will send $20.6 million to the Minnesota [...]

MNCF has been the organizing force behind the growing CWD Action Coalition. This coalition of groups is advocating for the health of our states wild cervids. These [...]

Saturday May 22nd was a beatiful day to be outside. The Mississippi river flowing through Minneapolis and St Paul was a wonderful place to enjoy the day. Our Conservation [...]

The May 28th Outdoors section of the Star Tribune included an article highlighting the sucees of our Conservation Leadership Corps program and our participation in the MN DNR R3 [...]

In the May 14, 2021 edition of the Outdoor News MnCF board member Aaron Hebeisen was profiled in the Outdoor News about his work to get new hunters into [...]

Our first Conservation Leadership Corps turkey hunt weekend was an incredible success. It was a beautiful morning to hit the woods. Every hunter and mentor pair got on birds [...]

Conservation can sometimes be tricky. Sometimes when we try to “help” a situation there can be unintended consequences.  In order to replace sand on the lake side of Duluth’s [...]

Even if you have been a member of the Minnesota Conservation Federation for a while you may not recognize some of the new faces on our board. Over the [...]

Following a successful Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC) program in October and December 2019 and February 2020, the Minnesota Conservation Federation was excited to lead another group of college students [...]

This past election day, the Minnesota Conservation Federation was able to advocate for a new, yet old, idea in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Editorial section. Young people in our state, [...]

Session 3 of the Conservation Leadership Corps focused on ice fishing and conservation policy. Students met at the Minnesota state capitol and took a tour of the building. The class [...]