Great River Greening inspires, engages and leads local communities in conserving and caring for the land and water that enrich our lives. We create resilient landscapes, address biodiversity loss, and sequester and store carbon through community-based stewardship. Our work began in 1995 with a massive volunteer tree planting project in Saint Paul along the riverfront and West Side Flats. We have since engaged our communities in the restoration of approximately 45,000 acres at nearly 400 sites throughout Minnesota. Great River Greening’s team has expertise in ecosystem management, environmental stewardship, and community-building. To achieve our vision of healthy, climate change resilient ecosystems throughout Minnesota, we center our work on projects that will build and preserve healthy, adaptive habitats that can withstand the effects of climate change.
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How about a before and after comparison for this rainy July Tuesday? One of the best ways to understand what Great River Greening does, and the impact we are making on Minnesota's outdoors, is through photos. Take a look at stunning shot captured by our staff member Matt today, featuring butterfly weed in bloom. We see biodiversity thriving in this restored area in Katherine Abbott Park! #biodiversity #butterflyweed
How about a before and after comparison for this rainy July Tuesday? One of the best ways to understand what Great River Greening does, and the impact we are making on Minnesota's outdoors, is through photos. Take a look at stunning shot captured by our staff member Matt today, featuring butterfly weed in bloom. We see biodiversity thriving in this restored area in Katherine Abbott Park! #biodiversity #butterflyweed
Great River Greening was honored to receive the Community-Led Collaboration award in June from Environmental Initiative in support of our Cooling Minnesota Communities (CMC) tree planting program. Representatives from several of our CMC partners joined us to accept the award. Check out our video highlighting the program featuring our executive director, Kateri Routh here: https://loom.ly/vJKRolg
Join us September 23 at Minneapolis Cider Co. in our efforts to ReGreen Minnesota! Gather with enthusiastic, conservation-minded community to support restoration and sustainable management of Minnesota's ecosystems through our community-based, climate-smart approach. 🌱 Tickets are available at an affordable price for all to join. Get your tickets today! https://loom.ly/uCelcjk
On June 8, volunteers from First Lutheran Church joined us at Belle Prairie Park in Little Falls for buckthorn removal. Their newly learned quick identification of the plant helped us remove a substantial amount of buckthorn from the park! Thanks to our partners and funders: Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Fund (OHF), as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature and reccommended by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) Morrison County 📸: Vanessa Berrueta
A river of Pentair blue indeed! These interns made an incredible impact yesterday. Thank you! 🌱 💧
A river of (Pentair) blue 💧 Today, we had the opportunity to take all 88 Pentair interns away from their packed Intern Summit Week in Golden Valley to (literally) get their hands dirty. Everyone experienced the phenomenal work of the Pentair Foundation’s restoration partner, Great River Greening, firsthand by planting 400 native plants along the Rum River. I’m so proud of all of the interns for rolling up their sleeves, braving the summer heat, and creating a positive ripple effect for this watershed. 🌳 #teampentair #pentairproud
Here at Great River Greening, we build strong, community-based partnerships, from our staff and Board of Directors to volunteer groups, donors, municipalities, vendors, schools, and the State of Minnesota. Minnesota’s land and water are shared natural systems, and we rely on the support of individuals and groups to protect them. In this month's blog post, we’re shining the spotlight on several of our corporate partners whose support, through funding and/or in-kind contributions, truly makes them leaders in environmental stewardship. Read it here: https://loom.ly/4JAciAg Thank you for your support! Cargill Pentair Yamamoto Agency Adolfson & Peterson Construction CenterPoint Energy Xcel Energy Ecolab Shred Right Kowalski's Markets The Opus Group Jackpocket Winnebago Industries Minnesota Twins Tennant Foundation Stoel Rives LLP Connexus® Energy RBC Wealth Management Fox Rothschild
On June 5, volunteers from Mend Collaborative assisted in spreading native seed throughout 4 acres of oak woodlands at Sunktokeca Wildlife Management Area. They were joined by our on site workers, goats! The goats are grazing non-native saplings on the acreage. This seeding is an important way to create a more balanced, diverse understory on the landscape to support more wildlife. 🐐🌱 Thank you to our partners and funders: Minnesota Land Trust Clean River Partners Minnesota DNR Outdoor Heritage Fund (OHF), as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature and recommended by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) 📸: Lawrence Cosslett
Join Great River Greening and The Xerces Society Thursday, June 20th for a hands-on pollinator training at Ritter Farm Park in Lakeville where you will learn to identify 3 categories of pollinators. 🐝🦋 This training will qualify you to participate in our ongoing independent pollinator monitoring research, which helps us understand the quality and success of our restoration work. Learn more and sign up here: https://loom.ly/ZW0PY8U 📸: Becca Tucker
The auction for these one of a kind chairs opens today! You can bid at www.twins.com/ripple Learn more about the Minnesota Twins' commitment to our land and water, and these chairs, in the news (below) or online (above)! https://lnkd.in/gGnJCUcu