Audubon - Upper Mississippi River
Your Outdoor Heritage Fund at Work

Click the photo cards to view highlights of Audubon Society - Upper Mississippi River's work, and sites of habitat restoration and enhancement
supported by the Outdoor Heritage Fund.

View overlooking floodplain forests along the Mississippi River.

Upper Mississippi River Bottomland Forest Restoration

Southeast Minnesota

Photo © Rob Schultz for Audubon

Enhancing Minnesota’s St. Croix River Valley

St. Croix River Valley, Minnesota

Photo © Michael Fogleman for Audubon

Blazing Star in bloom at Tallgrass Aspen Parkland restoration site.

New Conservation Program in Northwest Minnesota

Northwest Minnesota

Photo © Alex Wardwell for Audubon

Forest and grassland habitat at Tallgrass Aspen Parklands.

Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Restoration

Northwest Minnesota

Photo © Justin Meissen via Flickr

Prairie and tree groves at newly protected Peterson property.

240 Acres of Important Bird Habitat Now Permanently Protected

Kittson County, Minnesota

Photo © Alex Wardwell for Audubon

Star Tribune: "Invasive grasses choke key bird habitat as Minnesota's climate changes"

Houston County, Minnesota

Kare 11 News: "Minnesota's Bird Decline"

Statewide, Minnesota

Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council · 658 Cedar St. Saint Paul, MN 55155 · lsohc@lsohc.mn.gov

Audubon - Upper Mississippi RiverYour Outdoor Heritage Fund at Work