Minnesota Land Trust

The Minnesota Land Trust engages in three primary strategies to accomplish its mission. Protect: protect important natural habitats through conservation easements and fee title transactions. Restore: partner with governmental entities on recovering the ecological functions of the st. louis river estuary and help landowners restore their protected lands to native habitat. Engage: invest in efforts designed to engage current and future generations of minnesotans in the great outdoors in order to maintain Minnesota's great conservation ethic. See schedule o for more details.protection: the Land Trust works with landowners and local communities to protect and restore Minnesota's cherished but increasingly threatened lands and waters primarily through establishing, creating, and monitoring perpetual conservation easements. 653 Land protection projects have been completed since 1991, totaling 73,306 acres and 2,338,645 feet of shoreline. Restoration: the Land Trust has partnered with local, state, federal and tribal entities on restoration work in the st. louis river estuary, a unique, 12,000-acre wetland complex between duluth, mn and superior, wi. The restoration program also helps private landowners restore their Land to its natural state, helping to protect wildlife habitat as well as our state's signature lakes and rivers. Engagement: Land Trust invests in efforts to engage current and future generations of minnesotans in the great outdoors. This includes working with outdoor user groups and youth service agencies to bridge the equity and adventure gap that is widespread in Minnesota communities, connecting underserved populations with difficult-to-access outdoor experiences.