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Your Outdoor Heritage Fund at Work

Click the photo cards below to view highlights of Great River Greening's work, and sites of habitat restoration and enhancement supported through the Outdoor Heritage Fund.

View all Great River Greening Programs funded with the Outdoor Heritage Fund

Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Program

Restored prairie and woodland habitat within Anoka Sandplain program area.

Program Overview: Anoka Sand Plain

Central Minnesota

Photo © Great River Greening

Volunteers managing native prairie habitat at Carlos Avery WMA.

Environmental Trifecta at Carlos Avery WMA

Anoka County, Minnesota

Photo © Bruce Nimmer

Biochar Initiative: Nature-based climate solutions at Great River Greening

Arden Hills, Minnesota

Video © Great River Greening

Site of forest habitat management in winter at Bridgeview Park Reserve.

Bridgeview Park Reserve preserves rare habitat in Sherburne County

Sherburne County, Minnesota

Photo © Great River Greening

Metro Big Rivers Habitat Partnership

Prairie restoration at Cherokee Park.

Restoring the Mississippi River Corridor in Saint Paul and Beyond

Twin Cities Metro Area, Minnesota

Photo © Great River Greening

Creekside habitat at Bass Lake Preserve.

Bass Lake Preserve

St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Photo © Great River Greening

Shoreline within the Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor.

Lebanon Hills Regional Park

Eagan, Minnesota

Photo © Great River Greening

Goats at Lebanon Hills

Eagan, Minnesota

Video © Great River Greening

Oak Savanna habitat at Lebanon Hills Regional Park.

Restoring Oak Savanna at Lebanon Hills

Eagan, Minnesota

Photo © Great River Greening

Volunteers restore native vegetation at Minnehaha Creek Preserve.

Minnehaha Creek Preserve

Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Photo © Phil Davies

A large field of wildflowers grows in Doyle-Kennefick Regional Park.

Shoreline Restoration at Doyle-Kennefick Regional Park

Elko New Market, Minnesota

Photo © Bruce Nimmer

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