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Pheasants Forever

Your Outdoor Heritage Fund at Work

Click the photo cards to view highlights of Pheasants Forever's work and sites of habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement
supported by the Outdoor Heritage Fund.

View all Pheasants Forever Programs funded with the Outdoor Heritage Fund

Visitors walk through prairie habitat at a waterfowl production area.

Land of 500 Projects: Conservation Legacy Reaches Milestone in Minnesota

Statewide, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

A pheasant is seen in its natural habitat in Minnesota.

Through the Eyes of a Habitat Restoration Specialist: What Makes Minnesota Special

Statewide, Minnesota

Photo © C. Henderson, Minnesota DNR

Aerial view of forest habitat at Carp Swamp Wildlife Management Area.

Pheasants Forever and Partners Dedicate 1,300-Acre Carp Swamp WMA Addition

Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Signage marks the addition to Cupido Wildlife Management Area.

Introducing the Cupido Wildlife Management Area

Norman County, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Blazing star blooms on protected prairie.

Pheasants Forever, The Nature Conservancy, DNR, USFWS Team Up to Protect 1,900 Acres in Clay County

Clay County, Minnesota

Photo © Richard Hamilton Smith

Signage marks the spot at the new addition to Gruhl Wildlife Management Area.

Pheasants Forever and Partners Expand Western Minnesota Habitat Complex in Clay County

Clay County, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

A restored prairie is in bloom on a waterfowl production area in Minnesota.

Minnesota DNR designates new wildlife lands for public use

1,297 acres of Wildlife Management Area land added by Pheasants Forever's OHF programs in 2016

Statewide, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Graphic showing the location of four newly conserved lands across a map of Minnesota.

Pheasants Forever Conserves 400+ Acres of New Public Lands in Minnesota

Mahnomen, McLeod, Otter Tail, & Swift Counties, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

PF and Partners Protect 1,200 Acres of Sharp-tailed Grouse Habitat

Kanabec County, Minnesota

Video © Pheasants Forever

Grassland bird hunters on protected habitat in Minnesota.

Brick By Brick: Ridgeway WPA Adds Acres to Western Minnesota Habitat Corridor

Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Pair of ring-necked pheasants in Minnesota's prairie pothole region in winter.

More Room to Roam: Ridgeway WPA Adds Acres to Western Minnesota Habitat Corridor

Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Photo © Alex Galt, USFWS

Habitat & Access: Minnesota's Veterans Wildlife Management Area

Stearns & Wright Counties, Minnesota

Video © Pheasants Forever

Aerial view of newly protected grassland habitat in Cold Spring, Minnesota.

Build A Wildlife Area Profile: Minnesota Veterans WMA

Stearns & Wright Counties, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Aerial view of newly protected grassland habitat in Cold Spring, Minnesota.

Partnerships and Private Donations Bring New Public Lands Complex to Central Minnesota

Stearns County, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Habitat & Access: Minnesota’s Suconnix Wildlife Management Area Addition

Wright County, Minnesota

Video © Pheasants Forever

Group of visitors pose in front of the signage dedicating the Succonix WMA.

Pheasants Forever Celebrates Two New Public Land Projects

Wright County, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

A sign for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Carlos Avery State Wildlife Management Area .

Star Tribune: "Pheasants Forever helps buy Anoka County parcel for DNR"

Anoka County, Minnesota

Photo © Tony Webster, Wikimedia Commons

Aerial photo of protected prairie pothole habitat at Wendland Waterfowl Production Area.

Pheasants Forever Adds 420 Acres to Minnesota's Prairie Landscape

Lac qui Parle, Swift, & Cottonwood Counties, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Aerial view of wetland and prairie habitat at Thielke Lake WMA.

Pheasants Forever Acquisitions Expand Public Acres in Minnesota

Kandiyohi & Big Stone Counties, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Grassland hunters traverse newly protected prairie pothole habitat at Prairie Marshes WMA.

Pheasants Forever Acquisitions Add 268 Acres of Upland Habitat to Minnesota Public Lands

Sibley & Kandiyohi Counties, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

An aerial map overlaid with new additions to 3 waterfowl production areas and 1 wildlife management area in Sibley County.

Pheasants Forever Helps Expand Public Access in Southern Minnesota

Sibley County, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Hunters explore the James Meger Memorial WMA.

James Meger Memorial WMA: Public Lands Tribute to Legendary Artist

Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Signs show the partnerships that lead to the creation of the Roseneau-Lambrecht WMA in Brown County, Minnesota.

Pheasants Forever Celebrates Minnesota’s Pheasant Hunting Opener with Land Dedication in Brown County

Brown County, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Aerial view of newly protected habitat at Strom Lake Waterfowl Production Area in Minnesota.

Strom Lake WPA Adds Public Access

Blue Earth & Brown Counties, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

Visitors in front of a sign for the Rooster Ridge Wildlife Management Area in Minnesota.

Rooster Ridge WMA Dedicated During MN Governor’s Pheasant Opener

Rock County, Minnesota

Photo © Pheasants Forever

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