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Monarchs on a flower.
Monarch butteflies Monarch butterflies. © Richard Hamilton Smith
Stories in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota

There is no second nature

Our Thriving Planet, Our Beating Hearts (3:18) The stakes for our planet have never been higher. Neither has our ambition.

There’s just this one planet of ours, and it’s on all of us to safeguard a future with a livable climate, healthy communities and thriving nature. Let’s put our heads, hands and hearts together and take action to preserve and protect the natural world for generations to come.

A foggy forest.
ITASCA COUNTY Trees in fog above the UPM/Blandin forest land in Itasca County, Minnesota. © Richard Hamilton Smith

The Nature Conservancy has helped conserve more than 1 million acres across Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Yet today, the rivers, lakes, forests and prairies we worked for decades to protect are facing unprecedented threats that require us to significantly increase the pace, scope and scale of conservation. 

Across these states we're working with partners to protect our waters, forests and grasslands; build sustainable food and water systems; and tackle climate change. We're also working and organizing with local communities to leverage nature as a tool to build a brighter future for all.

Icy Lake Superior shore.
Frozen North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. © Erik Fremstad