Minnesota Destinations

The Nature Conservancy Preserves

 

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) preserves are sites that have been selected to protect plants, animals, and natural communities. They are managed by The Nature Conservancy, sometimes in cooperation with the Minnesota DNR.

There are more than 50 TNC preserves in the state. All but 5 are open to the public.

Agassiz Dunes Preserve

Anna Gronseth Prairie

Belgium Prairie

Blazing Star Prairie

Blazing Star Prairie Addition Preserve, North Unit

Blazing Star Prairie Addition Preserve, South Unit

Bluestem Prairie

Bluestem Prairie Addition Preserve

Caribou Woodland Preserve

Chippewa Prairie

Chippewa Prairie Addition

Ferndale Marsh

Foxhome Prairie

Frenchman’s Bluff SNA

Glacial Lakes Preserve

Glacial Ridge Project

Grace Nature Preserve

Hardscrabble Woods/MG Tusler Sanctuary

Helen Allison Savanna SNA

Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie

Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA, Weaver Dunes Unit

Kettledrummer Prairie

Laible Woods

Lake Alexander Preserve

Lake Johanna Esker Preserve

Leif Mountain

Lindgren-Traeger Bird Sanctuary

Malmberg Prairie SNA

Marcoux Prairie Preserve

Margherita Preserve-Audubon Prairie

Mentor Prairie Preserve

Miller Prairie, East Unit

Miller Prairie, West Unit

Moe Woods

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Bartells Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Brandenburg Prairie Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Brenner Lake Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Cramlet Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Flickertail Prairie Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Forstrom Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Harris Trust, et al. Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Hoffman Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Holland Braton Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Mears Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Pavia Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Pell Creek Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Spieker Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Storm Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Syverson Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Woolcott Unit

Norway Dunes

Ordway Prairie

Ordway Prairie Addition

Ottawa Bluffs

P.N. and G.M. Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary

Pankratz Memorial Prairie, North Unit

Pankratz Memorial Prairie, South Unit

Paul Bunyan Savanna

Pelan Prairie

Pembina Trail Preserve SNA, Pembina Trail Unit

Pigeon River Cliffs

Plover Prairie, East Unit

Plover Prairie, West Unit

Plover Prairie Addition

Red Rock Prairie

Regal Meadow

Regal Meadow Addition

Richard M. & Mathilde Rice Elliot SNA

Roscoe Prairie SNA

St. Louis River Estuary

Sand Lake / Seven Beavers Preserve

Saxifrage Hollow

Schaefer Prairie

Seven Sisters Prairie

Seven Springs WMA

Sheepberry Fen

Skull Lake, East Tract

Skull Lake, North Tract

Skull Lake, West Tract

Spring Prairie Preserve

Staffanson Prairie

Straight River Wildflower Preserve

Strandness Prairie

Town Hall Prairie

Trout Lily Preserve

Twin Valley Prairie Addition

Twin Valley Prairie SNA

Tympanuchus Prairie

Upper Manitou Forest Preserve

Weaver Dunes Addition

Weaver Dunes Preserve

Western Prairie SNA

Zimmerman Prairie

 

Bluestem Prairie

Bluestem Prairie

 

Chippewa Prairie

Chippewa Prairie

 

Frenchman’s Bluff SNA

Frenchman’s Bluff SNA
Photo by Dan W. Andree

 

Helen Allison Savanna SNA

Helen Allison Savanna SNA

 

Leif Mountain

Leif Mountain

 

Miller Prairie — West Unit

Miller Prairie — West Unit

 

Ordway Prairie

Ordway Prairie

 

Plover Prairie — East Unit

Plover Prairie — East Unit

 

Richard M. and Mathilde Rice Elliot SNA

Richard M. & Mathilde Rice Elliot SNA

 

Schaefer Prairie

Schaefer Prairie

 

Sheepberry Fen

Sheepberry Fen

 

Strandness Prairie

Strandness Prairie

 

Zimmerman Prairie

Zimmerman Prairie

 

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