Minnesota Trout Unlimited
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • Chapters
    • About
    • Join TU
    • Contact Us
    • How to Support Us
  • NEWS
    • Blog
    • Events
    • Monthly Enews
    • Trout Unlimited Minnesota
  • HABITAT
  • EDUCATION
    • Education and Outreach
    • Trout in the Classroom
    • Fishing Skills Programs
    • Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo
    • Foster the Outdoors Program
    • T.U.N.E Camp
  • ADVOCACY
    • Agricultural Runoff
    • Data Centers
    • Feedlots
    • Neonics
    • Nitrates
    • Preventing Fish Kills
    • Public Waters
    • Sulfide Mining
  • FISHING
  • DONATE
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • Chapters
    • About
    • Join TU
    • Contact Us
    • How to Support Us
  • NEWS
    • Blog
    • Events
    • Monthly Enews
    • Trout Unlimited Minnesota
  • HABITAT
  • EDUCATION
    • Education and Outreach
    • Trout in the Classroom
    • Fishing Skills Programs
    • Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo
    • Foster the Outdoors Program
    • T.U.N.E Camp
  • ADVOCACY
    • Agricultural Runoff
    • Data Centers
    • Feedlots
    • Neonics
    • Nitrates
    • Preventing Fish Kills
    • Public Waters
    • Sulfide Mining
  • FISHING
  • DONATE

Voters want conservation

Kristen Poppleton2025-01-30T21:03:34+00:00

by John Lenczewski, November 11, 2024

How last week’s election results will impact our ability to better protect, restore, and sustain coldwater fisheries and watersheds is not clear. Most conservation work gets done locally, especially with Minnesota’s environmental laws and dedicated funding. National politics usually has less impact here. Control of the Minnesota House will likely be shared in 2025 or perhaps swing across the aisle. This will present new opportunities, as well as challenges. MNTU is a nonpartisan conservation organization and has always worked with conservation-minded legislators, and the executive branch officials, regardless of political affiliation. Shared control of the legislature will probably mean fewer bills move to the floor, but good conservation policies should still advance.


The clearest message of Minnesota voters is that they value a healthy environment. A whopping 77.5 % of voters approved the reauthorization of the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) for another 25 years, directing 40% of state lottery proceeds “for the public purpose of protection, conservation, preservation, and enhancement of the state’s air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources.” Hopefully all legislators will recognize that at least a majority of folks who voted for them, and a supermajority of their constituents, want to see our lands and waters protected and restored.

Conservation is where Minnesotans share common ground.

It will be weeks or months before we know what opportunities for conservation victories we might have in 2025 and beyond. We sincerely believe that conservation – the careful preservation and protection of natural resources through planned management to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect – is a nonpartisan issue. Conservationists from all political persuasions are among the thousands of sportsmen and women around the state that we represent. Minnesota Trout Unlimited will find ways to turn Minnesotans’ shared love for the outdoors into good conservation policies and work on the ground.


Related Posts

Protect Coldwater Streams: Strengthen Minnesota’s Feedlot Rules!

Minnesota’s trout streams and groundwater are some of our most valuable — and most vulnerable — resources. Minnesota Trout Unlimited... read more

TELL THE SENATE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TO REMOVE THE PUBLIC WATERS PROVISION TODAY

April 30, 2025 In 2024, the Minnesota Legislature adopted language to provide clarity and reinforce DNR’s longstanding interpretation that a specific... read more

Celebrate Earth Day with your ❤️🗣️👐!

... read more

Actions you can take TODAY to Honor Earth Month

April 8, 2025 Keeping up with all of the important opportunities to advocate for protection of coldwater fisheries is nearly impossible... read more

No Hatch to Match? The Silent Decline of Aquatic Insects in Minnesota Trout Streams

If you’ve spent any time fishing the cold, clear streams of the Driftless Region, you know that matching the hatch... read more

MNTU Trout Brook stream improvement project wins engineering award

On February 21, 2025 MNTU’s design engineers on its Trout Brook project, Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc (EOR), received a... read more

Bill Introduction Season is Here

March 11, 2025 Bills are being introduced at the Minnesota legislature at a rapid pace now and we are following a... read more

MNTU JOINS LITIGATION OVER NITRATE CONTAMINATION TO PROTECT COLDWATER FISHERIES

On July 23, 2022, I helped report a massive fish kill on Rush Creek, one of my favorite local trout... read more

PRESS RELEASE: Environmental groups file lawsuit to ensure momentum to address nitrate pollution continues

DATE: 01/28/25   CONTACT: Sarah Horner, MCEA, shorner@mncenter.org, 612-868-3024 Saint Paul, Minn – Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to fortify Minnesota’s... read more

Volunteer Spotlight January 2025: Trout in the Classroom

By Amber Taylor, Education Manager As Trout in the Classroom students returned to school last week, the tiny alevin, or sac... read more

Contact Us

Contact Page

Send all correspondence to:

Minnesota Trout Unlimited

P.O. Box 845

Chanhassen, MN 55317

Make a Donation to MNTU

Facebook Posts

This message is only visible to admins.
Problem displaying Facebook posts. Backup cache in use.
PPCA Error: Due to Facebook API changes it is no longer possible to display a feed from a Facebook Page you are not an admin of. The Facebook feed below is not using a valid Access Token for this Facebook page and so has stopped updating.
© Copyright 2021 Minnesota Trout Unlimited. All Rights Reserved.