Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund

Looking ahead to trust fund vote in November

August 10, 2024
Matt Doll
Loon Commons blog
Environment, Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund

Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The United States General Election is now less than ninety days away, and it’s shaping up to be an especially historic one for Minnesota. The balance of…
Saving Minnesota’s Grasslands: Conservation, Cattle & Community

August 13, 2014
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog
beef cattle, Chippewa 10%, Chippewa River Watershed Project, DNR, Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, Glacial Lakes Prairie Implementation Team, grasslands, invasive species, Land Stewardship Project, managed rotational grazing, Nature Conservancy, prairies, public lands grazing, Simon Lake, Simon Lake Challenge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Management Areas, wildlife refuges

It’s that age-old struggle: accepting a little short-term disturbance in the name of long-term stability. Dave Trauba regularly faces the challenge of explaining that tradeoff to hunters who visit the Lac Qui…